On Sunday we will send out our last ever Parent PING. Following 14 months of data collection we have taken the difficult decision to close the Parent Ping app. Since it started in July 2020, nearly 7,000 parents have contributed Read More …
If your kids aren’t back at school already, they will be soon! We’ll be checking how you feel about this next week, but for now we look back on the summer, look ahead to the new term and take a Read More …
As you know, we’ve been running our Summer Survey over the course of the summer holidays to get a picture of what children are up to over the break, to find out what we don’t know! You’ll have noticed that we Read More …
A third of you have been on holiday in the past week, so we thought we’d take a closer look at family holidays in this week’s blog. But first… Summer seemed to last forever Last week was roughly halfway through Read More …
As we head into the halfway point of the summer holidays, our weekly anxiety tracker suggests most of you are surviving well and 38% have been on holiday in the past 7 days (slightly up on the week before). There’s Read More …
One of the reasons we’re running the summer ☀️ survey is because lots of people have been saying the kids need to ‘catch up’ this summer (see this campaign from the Department for Education). BUT we had an inkling that Read More …
It’s been the first full week of the summer holidays for most of you, how’s it going? Actually, don’t answer that! That is exactly what we are aiming to find out with the Parent Ping ️ Summer Survey! More on Read More …
The school year is finally over, but the question everyone wants answering is… did parents withdraw their children early because of the risk of getting the wrong kind of “ping” at the end of term? Luckily, thanks to you, Parent Read More …
We’re nearly there… it’s the end of term and the end of covid restrictions. It’s also the end of the first year of Parent Ping. That’s right next week is our first birthday 500 lucky Pingers will receive a birthday Read More …
Education has continued to be in the news this week, with the government making announcements about isolation and mobile phones (again). We’ve got updates on both in this week’s blog. But first… The Big Lockdown Learning Parent Survey Do you Read More …
Do you remember all the Parent Ping questions about home learning during lockdown? Our Chief Analyst has been crunching the numbers and has now published a big report about lockdown learning for the Education Endowment Foundation. We found: Parents think Read More …
We’ve been getting sporty at Parent Ping Towers this week… or at least been watching other people getting sporty, which is the same thing, right? So this week’s blog looks at sports day, football and swimming! But first… Education has Read More …
💙💙 This week, we had one of our favourite ever findings on Parent Ping! We asked you to pick a famous motto to describe your family, and the most popular response was Ask – Answer – Learn. Why do we Read More …
The last term of summer always feels like a spiral of sports days, end-of-term events and conversations about ‘how did I become a parent of a child going into Year…?!’ We’ll be keeping an eye on these topics over the Read More …
We’ve got a chocker-blog for you this week covering kids getting vaccinated, stay at home parenting and school choice. So, no time for small talk… let’s look at the findings! How do parents feel about children getting the Covid vaccine? Read More …
We’re always looking to spread the Parent Ping message, and this week we’re asking for YOUR HELP to do it! We keep a close eye on who is joining in with Parent Ping and one thing we’ve noticed over recent Read More …
This week’s blog is all about sleep! From the sleepless nights caused by a hungry newborn through to late nights waiting up for an errant teen… just about all parents will have their sleep war stories. But first… Last week Read More …
This week Parent Ping looked at 3 Ps… parties, pyjamas and play! We also have an update on how attitudes are changing as lockdown eases again. But first… Some of you have got in touch to ask why are the Read More …
This week, where we asked a few questions that we’ve asked before… did you spot them? Asking the same questions again means that we can tell you how things have changed on masks, jabs, and holidays. We also have your Read More …
‘Tis the season for parents’ evening! Normally the haunt of tiny chairs and cold sports halls, these days parents’ evenings are more often online… we thought it was time to dig into what’s happening. Also in the blog this week Read More …
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