BBC – Judith Burns
“Fewer than a fifth (18%) of parents in England think the government listens to them about their children’s education, suggests research. And only a third (33%) of 1,000 parents polled for the parent teacher umbrella group, PTA UK, said they understood government changes to education. PTA UK wants the remit of the new regional schools commissioners to include consultation with parents. The government said it “regularly” engaged with parents But PTA UK executive director, Emma Williams called the findings “a concern”. The survey forms part of PTA UK’s written evidence to an MPs’ inquiry into regional schools commissioners by the education select committee which will include public evidence sessions later in the autumn.”(more)