Analysis of the 6 Question Online Questionnaire

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By Maire Stafford			31-Aug-09
ANALYSIS OF THE RESPONSES TO THE 6 QUESTiON QUESTIONNAIRE There were 2013 responses to this question.
Q1 Do you think the current system for safeguarding children who are
educated at home is adequate?
	home educating families and children					Working in la					working with children eg third sector			member of the public			other
	parent	child	all			work in he	other capacity	all
				%					%			%			%			%
yes	1161	169	1330	85%		4	9	13	19%		20	59%		145	73%		110	72%
No	59	5	64	4%		26	28	54	78%		9	26%		16	8%		26	17%
not sure	148	17	165	11%		1	1	2	3%		5	15%		38	19%		16	11%
total	1368	191	1559			31	38	69			34			199			152
There were 2049 responses to this question
Q2 a) Be healthy
	home educating families and children					Working in la					working with children eg third sector			member of the public			other
	parent	child	all			work in he	other capacity	all
				%					%			%			%			%
yes	1373	194	1567	99%		16	21	37	56%		31	84%		182	90%		137	90%
No	0	0	0	0%		7	5	12	18%		4	11%		7	3%		4	3%
not sure	21	2	23	1%		7	10	17	26%		2	5%		14	7%		12	8%
total	1394	196	1590			30	36	66			37			203			153
There were 2043 responses to this question
Q2 b) Stay safe
	home educating families and children					Working in la					working with children eg third sector			member of the public			other
	parent	child	all			work in he	other capacity	all
				%					%			%			%			%
yes	1369	194	1563	98%		16	19	35	52%		30	83%		173	86%		135	88%
No	4	2	6	0%		9	8	17	25%		2	6%		12	6%		7	5%
not sure	20	1	21	1%		5	10	15	22%		4	11%		16	8%		11	7%
total	1393	197	1590			30	37	67			36			201			153
There were 2037 responses to this question
Q2 c) Enjoy and achieve
	home educating families and children					Working in la					working with children eg third sector			member of the public			other
	parent	child	all			work in he	other capacity	all
				%					%			%			%			%
yes	1373	192	1565	99%		14	17	31	48%		30	83%		168	85%		132	86%
No	1	1	2	0%		5	7	12	18%		4	11%		11	6%		7	5%
not sure	14	4	18	1%		11	11	22	34%		2	6%		19	10%		14	9%
total	1388	197	1585			30	35	65			36			198			153
There were 2029 responses to this question
Q2 d) Make a positive contribution
	home educating families and children					Working in la					working with children eg third sector			member of the public			other
	parent	child	all			work in he	other capacity	all
				%					%			%			%			%
yes	1361	181	1542	98%		13	18	31	48%		30	86%		167	84%		130	87%
No	1	1	2	0%		5	5	10	15%		1	3%		13	7%		7	5%
not sure	26	6	32	2%		11	13	24	37%		4	11%		19	10%		13	9%
total	1388	188	1576			29	36	65			35			199			150
There were 1997 responses to this question
Q2 e) achieve economic wellbeing
	home educating families and children					Working in la					working with children eg third sector			member of the public			other
	parent	child	all			work in he	other capacity	all
				%					%			%			%			%
yes	1296	167	1463	95%		13	20	33	51%		30	81%		166	84%		124	82%
No	2	2	4	0%		7	6	13	20%		3	8%		11	6%		6	4%
not sure	58	22	80	5%		9	10	19	29%		4	11%		20	10%		21	14%
total	1356	191	1547			29	36	65			37			197			151
There were 2006 responses to this question					.
Q3 Do you think that Government and local authorities have an obligation
to ensure that all children in this country are able to achieve the five outcomes?
	home educating families and children					Working in la					working with children eg third sector			member of the public			other
	parent	child	all			work in he	other capacity	all
				%					%			%			%			%
yes	337	30	367	24%		26	27	53	77%		20	56%		75	38%		56	38%
No	820	141	961	63%		2	7	9	13%		12	33%		99	51%		76	51%
not sure	186	22	208	14%		2	5	7	10%		4	11%		21	11%		17	11%
total	1343	193	1536			30	39	69			36			195			149
There were 1995 responses to this question.
Q4 Do you think there should be any changes made to the current system
for supporting home educating families?
	home educating families and children					Working in la					working with children eg third sector			member of the public			other
	parent	child	all			work in he	other capacity	all
				%					%			%			%			%
yes	805	80	885	57%		25	25	50	75%		26	72%		111	56%		90	60%
No	412	76	488	31%		2	4	6	9%		5	14%		60	30%		43	29%
not sure	152	30	182	12%		2	9	11	16%		5	14%		27	14%		17	11%
total	1369	186	1555			29	38	67			36			198			150
There were 1995 responses to this question
Q5 Do you think there should be any changes made to the current system
for monitoring home educating families?
	home educating families and children					Working in la					working with children eg third sector			member of the public			other
	parent	child	all			work in he	other capacity	all
				%					%			%			%			%
yes	273	31	304	20%		29	29	58	83%		15	44%		51	26%		49	33%
No	943	136	1079	70%		2	7	9	13%		13	38%		105	54%		77	52%
not sure	146	21	167	11%		0	3	3	4%		6	18%		38	20%		21	14%
total	1362	188	1550			31	39	70			34			194			147