Research and analysis

Attitudes to education and children’s services

British public attitudes to education and children’s services: part of NatCen’s British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 27 November 2017
• Last updated: 17 December 2020 — See all updates

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Attitudes to education: the British Social Attitudes survey 2019

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-220-5, DFE-RR1080

PDF, 260 KB, 21 pages

Attitudes to education: the British Social Attitudes survey 2018

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-061-4, DFE-RR958

PDF, 3.66 MB, 32 pages

Attitudes to education: the British Social Attitudes Survey 2017

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-990-6 , DFE-RR863

PDF, 549 KB, 24 pages

Attitudes to education and children’s services: the British Social Attitudes survey 2016

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-804-6, DFE-RR732

PDF, 1.07 MB, 37 pages

Details

Reports contain answers to questions seeking to measure public attitudes to:

• the role of schools
• post-16 education
• pre-school care and education
• special educational needs and disability
• child abuse and child protection

Published 27 November 2017
Last updated 17 December 2020 + show all updates

1. 17 December 2020

   Added 'Attitudes to education: the British Social Attitudes survey 2019'.

2. 6 February 2020

   Added 2018 survey report.

3. 24 January 2019

   Added 2017 survey report.

4. 27 November 2017

   First published.