The Management Committee of The Village Pre-School (Gorse Covert) are researching how we can best meet the needs of children and families in our community.  We would like to hear from parents of children aged 0-11 (up to Year 6 in Primary School) who live in Birchwood (Gorse Covert, Oakwood, Locking Stumps and Risley). 

Please complete this short survey if you are a Birchwood resident with at least 1 child aged 11 or under.

Your responses will help us to build a better pre-school!

N.B. - To help us collect the relevant information, all questions require an answer. However, there is always an option to tell us a question isn't applicable to you.

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* 1. Do you have any children under 12?

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* 2. Which neighbourhood do you live in?

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* 3. Please provide your full postcode.

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* 4. How many children, aged 11 or under, currently live in your household?

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* 5. If you have a child aged 0-4 who is not yet at primary school, how many hours of childcare do you use per week? If you have more than one child aged 0-4 using childcare, tell us about the child who uses the most hours.  Include all settings (e.g. 15 hours pre-school + 17 hours childminder = 32 hours)

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* 6. Do/Did any of your children attend The Village Pre-School (Gorse Covert)?

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* 7. Please tell us which school years your child/children attended The Village Pre-School. Their current year in school/preschool is in brackets. Select all that apply:

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* 8. Why did you select The Village Pre-School?  Please tick up to 3 reasons. (If more than one child went to preschool, tell us about your first child)

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* 9. Was there anything you would have changed about the preschool when your child attended?

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* 10. Do you have any children aged 3-11 who do not/did not attend The Village Pre-School?

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* 11. If you did not use (or stopped using) The Village Pre-School for one or more of your children, why? If one child did attend and another didn't, think about the child that did not attend.  Tick up to 3 reasons.

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* 12. If you have a child not yet in Primary School (DOB 1st Sept 2013 or later):  If The Village Pre-School offered more than 15 hours per week/ 3 hours per day, would you use it?

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* 13. If you have a child aged 2 or under, what childcare do you use? (Tick all that apply)

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* 14. Please answer if you have a child aged 2 or under:
2-year-olds can get free early education and childcare if you get one of the following:
  • Income Support
  • Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
  • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
  • Universal Credit
  • Tax credits and you have an annual income of under £16,190 before tax
  • The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
  • Support through part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act
  • The Working Tax Credit 4-week run on (the payment you get when you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)
A 2-year-old can also get free early education and childcare if any of the following apply:
  • they’re looked after by a local council
  • they have a current statement of special education needs (SEN) or an education, health and care (EHC) plan
  • they get Disability Living Allowance
  • they’ve left care under a special guardianship order, child arrangements order or adoption order
If you have a child aged 2 or under, are you eligible for 2-year-old funding?

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* 15. If your child/ren access/have accessed free early years entitlement somewhere besides The Village Pre-School, where? (Tick all that apply)

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* 16. If you have a child born after 1st April 2012, where are you using/planning to use your free early years entitlement? (Tick all that apply)

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* 17. Please answer if you have a child aged 3 or under.
You may have heard that the government is planning to extend the Free Early Years Entitlement to 30 hours per week for 3-4 year olds.  The criteria for the extra 15 hours is:
  • Both parents in household employed or self-employed (or lone parent employed/self-employed)
  • Each parent in household earns on average at least £107 per week (equivalent to £464 per month, or £5564 per year)
Do you meet the criteria to receive the extra 15 hours?

Thank you for taking our survey.  

Please click 'Done' to finish and submit.  

To find out more about The Village Pre-School, please go to www.thevillagepreschool.org.uk (opens in a new window).
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