Armed Forces: Schools

Dr. Murrison
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the parental customer satisfaction ratings in respect of service personnel children's education schools were in each year for which records are available.

Derek Twigg
Since 2004 School Children's Education has commissioned an annual independent Parental Satisfaction Survey carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER). The percentage of parents stating that they are very satisfied or satisfied with their child's school is outlined here:

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|    |Primary School|Secondary School|
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|2004|90            |89              |
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|2005|91            |88              |
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|2006|91            |89              |
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The results of the 2007 NFER survey are expected to be published in October 2007 and will be thereafter be available to interested parties by visiting the agency website at:

www.sceschools.com.