North Dorset Practical Vocational Courses Survey 2010 PARENT VOICE
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1. Parental Voice

 
Please take a few minutes to answer all the questions in this survey. The information you give us will help us to ensure that Practical Vocational courses continue to offer students a high quality and valuable educational experience.

1. Your name

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2. Your child's school

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3. Your child's Year Group

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4. Name of the Course that your child follows:

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5. Based on your experience of the course so far, how do you rate the following:

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The information provided by the school/college about the course before your child started the course
The open day/taster session provided by the school/college before your child started the course
The information provided by the school/college about your child's progress in this course
The level of general communication between the home school and you as parents regarding this course
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6. Transport - A contribution of £3 a day is requested from parents for their child's transport to their Practical Skills course. This contributes to the overall actual cost of £82,000 per year. At present parental contributions represent 25% of the actual cost of the transport provided.
How do you consider the present cost of your child's transport to and from the course?

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7. When your child was considering KS4 options, how useful did s/he find the meeting with the following people:

 Very usefulQuite usefulNot very usefulHad no contact with this person
Personal Advisor from Connexions
Work Related Learning Co-ordinator
(School) Tutor
Head of Year
Other school staff
Course Tutor during a taster session/open evening
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8. What other sources of information did you or your child receive as part of the Options process?

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9. This section is about how safe your child feels on the course. Please read the statements below and select the statement that best reflects your feelings about each statement

 I agree stronglyI agreeI neither agree nor disagreeI disagreeI disagree strongly
My child says s/he is sometimes verbally bullied travelling to and from the course
My child says s/he is sometimes physically bullied travelling to and from the course
My child says s/he is sometimes verbally bullied during the course
My child says s/he is sometimes physically bullied during they course
My child says staff usually deal effectively with any bullying incidents that occur
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10. What do you believe your child is planning to do when s/he has completed this course?