Welcome to the Fifth Family Impact Survey carried out by Essex Family Forum.

Who can complete this survey?

Any Parent or Carer of a child/children (0-25) who has Special Educational Needs or Disabilities.

  • You can complete the survey more than once if you have more than one child with SEND.
  • Your child/young person does not need to have a diagnosis.
  • Your child/young person does not need to have an Education, Health & Care Plan.

Changes to the questions in this survey

We have reduced the number of questions to make our annual survey more efficient and timely. We will be doing additional snapshot surveys through the year based on this survey, other feedback from the Graffiti wall and any known changes to services in order to monitor progress.

Why are we conducting this survey?

We are conducting this survey to measure the current levels of parental satisfaction with local services for SEND Families and to compare with the data collected within our previous surveys. As the Parent Carer Forum we know that there is work being undertaken to improve services for children and young people with SEND. However, we are also aware that families' experiences are still inconsistent and can vary greatly.

What difference will it make?
This survey will help identify where there is positive impact from the changes being made, but also what the barriers to a positive experience for families still are. As the Parent Carer Forum we use your feedback in this survey to influence further policy decisions and work to develop support and information for families like our "Supporting your Neurodivergent child" resource pack.
**Please make sure you click DONE on the final page when you are finished, otherwise your responses will not be shown as complete.
The Survey will be open from Friday 7th November 2025
 
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