Research and analysis

Parent and pupil panel: omnibus surveys

Findings from regular surveys with school pupil’s parents or carers and secondary school pupils. Two surveys included post-18 school leavers.

Applies to England

Documents

COVID-19 parent and pupil panel: August to October 2020 findings

COVID-19 parent and pupil panel: November 2020 to February 2021 findings

COVID-19 parent and pupil panel: school leavers report

COVID-19 parent and pupil panel: March 2021 findings

COVID-19 parent and pupil panel: May 2021 findings

COVID-19 parent and pupil panel: July 2021 findings

COVID-19 parent and pupil panel: technical report

Details

The coronavirus (COVID-19) parent and pupil panel was set up to provide robust, rapid research on the impact of COVID-19 and experiences of pupils and parents. The panel replaced the Pupils and their parents or carers: omnibus survey.

Department for Education (DfE) recruited a panel of:

  • parents of pupils in years 1 to 11
  • pupils in years 7 to 13
  • school leavers who were in year 13 in 2019 to 2020 academic year

The panel were asked questions submitted by policy teams across DfE.

Topics covered in the surveys include:

  • school attendance
  • remote education
  • COVID-19 rules in school
  • views on mass testing
  • mental health and wellbeing
  • childcare

Updates to this page

Published 29 October 2021

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