Kindergarten Parent Opinion Survey

The survey allows parents and carers to share feedback on their kindergarten experience.

Each year, parents and carers of children enrolled in a funded kindergarten program are invited to provide their feedback and views about their satisfaction with their child’s kindergarten program.

The feedback from parents and carers provide valuable information that is used to plan improvement in kindergarten programs and education offerings.

2024 survey

The 2024 survey will be open from Monday 14 October until Friday 8 November 2024 and will be administered by the Social Research Centre.

The survey is available in 10 languages other than English - Mandarin, Vietnamese, Arabic, Hindi, Punjabi, Cantonese, Urdu, Sinhalese, Tamil, and Dari.

For more information about the survey, see:

Kindergarten parent opinion survey for parents

Kindergarten parent opinion survey for providers

A service report is provided to all services who have 5 or more respondents to the survey.

2023 survey results statewide

Over 18,300 parents completed the survey in 2023.

Feedback shows that 90% of parents are satisfied with their child’s education received from kindergarten.

The survey was available in 10 languages other than English - Mandarin, Vietnamese, Arabic, Hindi, Punjabi, Cantonese, Urdu, Sinhalese, Tamil, and Dari.

Summary of survey results

This infographic gives a summary of the 2022 kindergarten parent opinion survey.
Parents' overall views
- 90% of parents are satisfied with the education their child received from the kindergarten education service.
- 89% of parents thought that the overall quality of education offered was good quality.
- 93% of parents think attending kindergarten is important for their child's education.
Important factors in choosing a kindergarten
- Service location: 51%
- Service reputation: 51%
- Sessions days/times: 37%
- Children may go to same school: 28%
- Long day care offered: 26%
- National Quality Standard rating: 24%
- Participating in Free Kinder: 23%
- Other children attending: 14%
- Cost: 8%
- Cultural link: 7%
- Other: 5%
About the children
94% of parents said that the service is welcoming and inclusive of all children.
- 94% of parents agree
- 3% of parents neither agree nor disagree
- 3% of parents disagree
90% of parents said that teachers and educators consider child's views, interests and feelings.
- 90% of parents agree
- 6% of parents neither agree nor disagree
- 4% of parents disagree
91% of of parents said that teachers and educators make learning engaging and create a stimulating learning environment for their child's interests and abilities.
- 91% of parents agree
- 5% of parents neither agree nor disagree
- 3% of parents disagree
89% of parents stated that the kindergarten program helped prepare their child for transition to school next year.
Parents' experiences
85% of parents said the the service provides opportunities to discuss child's learning and development.
- 85% of parents agree
- 8% of parents neither agree nor disagree
- 7% of parents disagree
88% of parents said that it was easy or very easy to enrol their child into kindergarten.
- 88% of parents agree
- 9% of parents neither agree nor disagree
- 3% of parents disagree
Notes
- This survey was open for responses between 15 November and 8 December 2023.
- 18,354 parents of children enrolled in a funded kindergarten program responded to the survey.
- Due to rounding to whole numbers, some totals do not add up to 100%.
Download 'Summary of survey results'

Service providers will receive access to their 2023 survey results if they have 5 or more respondents to the survey. No identifying information is collected in the survey and participants remain completely anonymous.

2023 Sample survey report (PDF, 1.98MB)(opens in a new window)

Early childhood

Updated 11 October 2024