In PTA - UK's 2016 Parent Insights Survey, 84 per
cent of parents revealed they wanted to be consulted by the school about their child's education.
Not exact matches
The study
of 2,000 adults
revealed one in 20 couldn't name Mary and Joseph as Jesus»
parents while 16 per
cent didn't know Jesus» occupation was a carpenter and thought he was jobless.
Back in 2015, a survey commissioned by ITV
revealed that 12 per
cent of parents of primary school aged children admitted to having pretended to practice a faith in which they did not believe to get their child into a desirable faith school.
A recent survey by ParentPay
revealed that only six per
cent of parents still pay for school meals in cash, which highlights the significant impact that this new payment method has made.
The survey was commissioned by online security company AVG Technologies and
reveals that 84 per
cent of parents believe it is schools who are responsible for online safety education.
Futhermore, the data
revealed that 89 per
cent of parents do not communicate with teachers regarding their child's use
of the internet away from home.
It also
revealed that 46 per
cent of parents pay for meals solely online.
A new report from Public Health Wales has
revealed that 29 per
cent of children under five in Wales are not getting enough time outdoors despite 97 per
cent of parents thinking it is important for children to play outside.
The survey,
of 1,232
parents from across Scotland, also
revealed that convenience for
parents was a key factor in influencing whether or not their children travelled actively to school (32.0 per
cent of responses).
It also
revealed that 61 per
cent of teachers felt that
parents needed to be more involved in this part
of their children's education and 21 per
cent of teachers felt that
parents do not take enough responsibility for the RSE aspect
of their child's development.
In fact a previous LACA / ParentPay survey
revealed that 4.9 per
cent of those entitled to a free meal do not take up their entitlement, possibly due to
parents not wanting their children to face potential embarrassment and discrimination.
The survey
revealed that 60 per
cent of the 1,500 teachers questioned reported having had adverse or abusive comments posted about them on social media sites by both
parents and pupils.
For example, a survey conducted by ParentPay
revealed that only six per
cent of parents still pay for school meals in cash, which highlights the significant impact that cashless methods have made.
The Key's survey
revealed that 45 per
cent of primary leaders have had the difficult task
of responding to upset
parents whose children did not get their first choice placement at the school.
Data collected by the Commissioner
revealed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teenagers comprised 26 per
cent of all teen
parents, and that teenagers living in regional and remote areas were at a significantly higher risk
of unplanned pregnancy.