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Access All Schools Parents Survey asks disabled parents how schools work with them to help their children learn. The survey closed on 14th May 2010, but while we work on the results, you can still use the questions below to give us your ideas. If this is not easy for you to use, please send your ideas by email. Thank you!

Does your child's school tell you all you want to know about your child in a way that suits you?
Yes No
What would you like school to do to make this easier for you?

Do you support your child's school life and learning as much as you'd like to?
Yes No
What would make this easier?

Do you read school letters and reply if needed?
Yes No
What would make this easier?

Do you go to parent - teacher meetings?
Yes No
What would make this easier?

Do you go to school concerts, sports days or parent's group events?
Yes No
What would make this easier?

Do you know if your child is learning as well as they could?
Yes No
What would make this easier?

Do you feel well involved in decisions about support for special educational or behaviour needs?
Yes No Doesn't apply
If Yes, please say how. If No, what would make this easler?

Have you been involved in attendance, discipline or welfare issues?
Yes No
If Yes, how did the school support you?

Do you help your child with their homework?
Yes No
What would make this easier?

Do you use your child's school's website?
Yes No
If No, why?

What do you think your child's school website should have on it?

Do you volunteer or work at a school? (may be teaching, as a classroom helper, or with sports, school trips, parent's groups etc.)
Yes No
What would make this easier?

If Yes, please say what you do.

Does school do anything to make it easier for you to volunteer or work at the school?

Does school have a written policy to say how it works with young carers, and their parents, if home life affects school life? (may be about a child being late for school or with homework, wanting to contact parent at home or being bullied etc.)
Yes No Don't know
What do you think a schools young carer policy should say?

Schools must encourage disability equality for all and be easy for everyone to use. Do you think schools should ask ALL parents how they'd like their child's school to contact and work with them?
Yes No Don't know
Please give any views on this.

If yes, should all parents be asked when children start a new school and then every year?
Yes No Don't know
Please give any views on this.

If schools ask all parents, how would you like them to ask you?
person to person at home person to person at school a choice on a form another way
What other way would you like school to ask you?

If schools don't ask all parents, how would you like them to make sure you can contact them and work with them as easily as other parents?

Do you like how your child's school teaches children about disability?
Yes No Don't know
How could it be better?

Would you like to know more about helping Norfolk schools learn about disability equality? If Yes, please give your contact details at the end or separately to NDPA
Yes No
Please give your children's ages.

Are you male or female?
Male Female I don't want to say
Are you a disabled parent? (includes step, grand, adoptive and foster parents)
Yes No I don't want to say
Are you a disabled parent's partner or family member?
Yes No I don't want to say
What is your difficulty, health condition or impairment? Please check any that apply to you.
I don't want to say learning difficulty or disability reading difficulty mental health issue writing difficulty long term health condition Deaf or hearing impairment visual impairment drug or alcohol dependance physical impairment, difficulty getting about none of these something else
Thank you very much for taking part in our survey. If you would like information on disability equality training, or to get the survey report in Autumn 2010, please give your contact details here, or tell us separately -see our Contact us page.

Use this space for extra notes if you wish, or send your comments separately through our Contact us page. When you've finished, please press the Next button below to send your reply. Thank you!