North Dorset Practical Vocational Courses Survey 2012 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/Diploma courses continue to offer students a high quality and valuable educational experience.

1. Your name

Your name

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2. Your child's school

Your child's school

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3. Your child's Year Group

Your child's Year Group Year 10

Year 11

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4. Name of the Course that your child follows:

Name of the Course that your child follows: Animal Care

Catering

Construction at The Blandford School

Construction at Skills4Life

Equine

Farming4Life @ Rylands Farm

Land-based @ Rylands Farm

Land-Based @ Windmill

Motor vehicles @ Paragon

Motor Vehicles @ Gillingham Youth Centre

Performing Engineering Operations

Practical Countryside

Salon Services

Diploma in ICT (SNHS)

Diploma in Environment and Land-Based (KMC)

Equilibrium

Other (please specify)

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

	Excellent	Good	Not very good	Poor
The information provided by the school/college about the course before your child started the course	*Based on your experience of the course so far, how do you rate the following: The information provided by the school/college about the course before your child started the course Excellent	The information provided by the school/college about the course before your child started the course Good	The information provided by the school/college about the course before your child started the course Not very good	The information provided by the school/college about the course before your child started the course Poor
The open day/taster session provided by the school/college before your child started the course	The open day/taster session provided by the school/college before your child started the course Excellent	The open day/taster session provided by the school/college before your child started the course Good	The open day/taster session provided by the school/college before your child started the course Not very good	The open day/taster session provided by the school/college before your child started the course Poor
The information provided by the school/college about your child's progress in this course	The information provided by the school/college about your child's progress in this course Excellent	The information provided by the school/college about your child's progress in this course Good	The information provided by the school/college about your child's progress in this course Not very good	The information provided by the school/college about your child's progress in this course Poor
The level of general communication between the home school and you as parents regarding this course	The level of general communication between the home school and you as parents regarding this course Excellent	The level of general communication between the home school and you as parents regarding this course Good	The level of general communication between the home school and you as parents regarding this course Not very good	The level of general communication between the home school and you as parents regarding this course Poor

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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?

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? Unaffordable - the cost is a problem for us

Affordable - seems about right

A bargain!

My child does not require additional transport to his/her Vocational Practical Skills 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 useful	Quite useful	Not very useful	Had no contact with this person
Personal Advisor from Connexions	*When your child was considering KS4 options, how useful did s/he find the meeting with the following people: Personal Advisor from Connexions Very useful	Personal Advisor from Connexions Quite useful	Personal Advisor from Connexions Not very useful	Personal Advisor from Connexions Had no contact with this person
Work Related Learning Co-ordinator	Work Related Learning Co-ordinator Very useful	Work Related Learning Co-ordinator Quite useful	Work Related Learning Co-ordinator Not very useful	Work Related Learning Co-ordinator Had no contact with this person
(School) Tutor	(School) Tutor Very useful	(School) Tutor Quite useful	(School) Tutor Not very useful	(School) Tutor Had no contact with this person
Head of Year	Head of Year Very useful	Head of Year Quite useful	Head of Year Not very useful	Head of Year Had no contact with this person
Other school staff	Other school staff Very useful	Other school staff Quite useful	Other school staff Not very useful	Other school staff Had no contact with this person
Course Tutor during a taster session/open evening	Course Tutor during a taster session/open evening Very useful	Course Tutor during a taster session/open evening Quite useful	Course Tutor during a taster session/open evening Not very useful	Course Tutor during a taster session/open evening Had no contact with this person

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8. What other sources of information did you or your child receive as part of the Options process?

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 strongly	I agree	I neither agree nor disagree	I disagree	I disagree strongly
A) My child says s/he is sometimes verbally bullied travelling to and from the course	*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 A) My child says s/he is sometimes verbally bullied travelling to and from the course I agree strongly	A) My child says s/he is sometimes verbally bullied travelling to and from the course I agree	A) My child says s/he is sometimes verbally bullied travelling to and from the course I neither agree nor disagree	A) My child says s/he is sometimes verbally bullied travelling to and from the course I disagree	A) My child says s/he is sometimes verbally bullied travelling to and from the course I disagree strongly
B) My child says s/he is sometimes physically bullied travelling to and from the course	B) My child says s/he is sometimes physically bullied travelling to and from the course I agree strongly	B) My child says s/he is sometimes physically bullied travelling to and from the course I agree	B) My child says s/he is sometimes physically bullied travelling to and from the course I neither agree nor disagree	B) My child says s/he is sometimes physically bullied travelling to and from the course I disagree	B) My child says s/he is sometimes physically bullied travelling to and from the course I disagree strongly
C) My child says s/he is sometimes verbally bullied during the course	C) My child says s/he is sometimes verbally bullied during the course I agree strongly	C) My child says s/he is sometimes verbally bullied during the course I agree	C) My child says s/he is sometimes verbally bullied during the course I neither agree nor disagree	C) My child says s/he is sometimes verbally bullied during the course I disagree	C) My child says s/he is sometimes verbally bullied during the course I disagree strongly
D) My child says s/he is sometimes physically bullied during they course	D) My child says s/he is sometimes physically bullied during they course I agree strongly	D) My child says s/he is sometimes physically bullied during they course I agree	D) My child says s/he is sometimes physically bullied during they course I neither agree nor disagree	D) My child says s/he is sometimes physically bullied during they course I disagree	D) My child says s/he is sometimes physically bullied during they course I disagree strongly
E) My child says s/he is bullied more on the vocational course than at his/her home school	E) My child says s/he is bullied more on the vocational course than at his/her home school I agree strongly	E) My child says s/he is bullied more on the vocational course than at his/her home school I agree	E) My child says s/he is bullied more on the vocational course than at his/her home school I neither agree nor disagree	E) My child says s/he is bullied more on the vocational course than at his/her home school I disagree	E) My child says s/he is bullied more on the vocational course than at his/her home school I disagree strongly
F) My child says staff usually deal effectively with any bullying incidents that occur	F) My child says staff usually deal effectively with any bullying incidents that occur I agree strongly	F) My child says staff usually deal effectively with any bullying incidents that occur I agree	F) My child says staff usually deal effectively with any bullying incidents that occur I neither agree nor disagree	F) My child says staff usually deal effectively with any bullying incidents that occur I disagree	F) My child says staff usually deal effectively with any bullying incidents that occur I disagree strongly

Please give details of any bullying that your child has reported to you

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10. What do you believe your child is planning to do when s/he has completed this course?

What do you believe your child is planning to do when s/he has completed this course? Join the sixth form and follow a Foundation course

Join the sixth form and follow an Intermediate (Level 2) course

Join the sixth form and follow a Level 3 (e.g. Advanced level) course

Go to college and follow a Foundation course

Go to college and follow an Intermediate (Level 2) course

Go to college and follow a Level 3 (e.g. Advanced level) course

Get a job with training (e.g. an apprenticeship)

Get a job with no training

I don't think s/he knows what s/he will be doing at the end of Year 11

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North Dorset Practical Vocational Courses Survey 2012 PARENT VOICEExit this survey

1. Parental Voice

1. Your name

*2. Your child's school

*3. Your child's Year Group

*4. Name of the Course that your child follows:

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

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

*8. What other sources of information did you or your child receive as part of the Options process?

*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

*10. What do you believe your child is planning to do when s/he has completed this course?