News

Read the latest news from Connect and from the world of Scottish education. You'll find information about our parent/carer surveys and survey reports here as well as Connect's consultation responses and summaries of Scottish education policy and legislation.

 

News, Survey Results

12th Aug 2026

Connect’s Out of School Care Parent/Carer Survey Report is published

Thanks to hundreds of parents and carers who took part in this survey, a strong picture has emerged of nearly half of respondents saying their childcare needs are not fully met

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News, Survey Results

30th Mar 2026

Connect's Survey Report on Changes to the PVG Scheme is Published

Read Connect's survey report on how the recent PVG changes has affected parent volunteers, from Parent Councils and PTAs, to parents who carry out volunteer roles for the school

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News, Survey Results

21st Jan 2026

Connect's survey report on Travel to School is published

Connect’s Travel to School survey report is now published

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News, Survey Results

12th Dec 2025

Connect's Survey on Family Mental Health & Experience of CAMHS is Published

Read Connect's latest survey report on family mental health and experience of CAMHS

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News, Survey Results, Policy

4th Dec 2025

The Future of School Inspections

Read Connect's latest survey report and response to the Scottish Government's consultation on the future of school inspections

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Survey Results

8th Sep 2025

Connect's survey on School Attendance: Hearing from Families about Supporting Children is published

Parents and carers' responses to Connect's survey on school attendance reveal what a complex issue this is: we call for kindness and supportive approaches for struggling families

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News, Survey Results

4th Feb 2025

Connect's Relationships, Rights and Communication Survey Report is Published!

We asked parents and carers how their home-school partnerships were going - read the findings report!

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News, Survey Results

4th Jun 2024

Connect's Parent/Carer Survey Report on Digital and Online Learning, New Technologies and More is Published!

Over 600 parents responded - thank you! Find you what you said

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News, Survey Results

20th Feb 2024

Connect’s Parent/Carer Survey on Learning for Sustainability Findings Report

Read Connect’s latest survey report, where parents/carers share their views on sustainability and the environment, and what actions schools and parent groups are taking

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News, Survey Results

15th Aug 2022

Connect publishes its report on its parent/carer Residential Outdoor Education Survey

We asked parents/carers whether local authorities should be legally obliged to provide residential outdoor education experiences for young people - parents said 'yes'

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News, Survey Results

19th Jan 2022

Connect's Parent/Carer Early Learning and Childcare (1140 hours) Survey Report is published

Thank you to the parents/carers who shared their experiences to inform this survey report

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News, Survey Results

2nd Dec 2021

How's It Going? Autumn 2021: Connect Parent/Carer Survey Report

Hundreds of parents shared their experiences and views in our survey

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News, Survey Results

21st May 2021

Connect's Parent/Carer Survey Reports 2020-2021

Find all of the Connect Parent/Carer Survey Reports during the COVID-19 pandemic in one place

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News, Survey Results

19th May 2021

The latest Connect parent/carer survey report is published

Parents/carers shared their views and experiences during the second lockdown in early spring 2021

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News, Survey Results

12th Feb 2021

Connect's Digital Survey Report

We've shared the findings of our digital survey report, carried out in winter 2020

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News, Survey Results

16th Nov 2020

Connect's Parent/Carer Back at School Survey Report is Out Now!

Find out about what parents are saying about their children's experiences in school and nursery

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News, Survey Results

29th Jul 2020

Connect Report: Our Second Parent/Carer Lockdown Survey Findings

Nearly 8000 parents and carers took part in our second lock down survey on Next Steps (Back to School) and How are You Doing Now?

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News, Survey Results

9th Jun 2020

Parents & carers make their voices heard! Connect's survey report

Over 1500 parents/carers took part in our survey from 1 to 30 April. This is what they told us

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News, Survey Results

9th Apr 2020

Connect Report on the Parent/Carer Survey: How are you doing?

We surveyed parents and carers to find out how they are managing in this new COVID-19 reality

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Survey Results

16th Mar 2020

Connect Report: Parents' Voice Survey on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

We share our findings from our parent survey which asked about awareness of the UNCRC

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