Kindergarten parent opinion survey

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

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

2023 survey

The 2023 survey was open for feedback from Victorian parents and carers in Term 4, 2023.

The 2023 survey ran from 15 November to 8 December 2023 and was administered by the Social Research Centre. The survey was available in 10 languages other than English - Mandarin, Vietnamese, Arabic, Hindi, Punjabi, Cantonese, Urdu, Sinhalese, Tamil, and Dari.

Service providers were emailed a unique survey link to email or SMS to parents prior to the survey opening.

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 five or more respondents to the survey.

2022 survey results statewide

The survey was open for parent responses from 15 November 2022 and closed on 9 December 2022. Independent administration of the survey was by the Social Research Centre.

The survey was available in 10 languages other than English:

Mandarin
Vietnamese
Arabic
Hindi
Punjabi
Cantonese
Urdu
Sinhalese
Tamil
Dari.

Over 17,000 parents completed the survey with their feedback, showing that 90% of parents are satisfied with their child’s education received from kindergarten.

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.
- 90% of parents thought that the overall quality of education offered was good quality.
- 94% of parents think attending kindergarten is important for their child's education.
Important factors in choosing a kindergarten
- Service location: 56%
- Service reputation: 54%
- Sessions days/times: 41%
- Children may go to same school: 32%
- Long day care offered: 27%
- National Quality Standard rating: 26%
- Other child attended/attending service: 16%
- Cost Free Kindergarten not available in 2022: 12%
- Cultural link: 8%
- Other: 7%
- Only service available in local area: 4%
About the children
94% of parents said that the service is welcoming and inclusive of all children.
- 94% of parents agree
- 4% of parents neither agree nor disagree
- 2% of parents disagree
92% of parents said that teachers and educators consider child's views, interests and feelings.
- 92% of parents agree
- 6% of parents neither agree nor disagree
- 2% of parents disagree
94% of parents said that the staff at the service have a good relationship with their child.
- 94% of parents agree
- 4% of parents neither agree nor disagree
- 2% of parents disagree
90% 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
- 9% of parents neither agree nor disagree
- 6% 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 9 December 2022.
- 17,810 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'

2022 survey results for providers

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

Service providers have received access to their 2022 survey results. No identifying information of participants was collected in the survey. Participants remain completely anonymous.

Early childhood

Updated 2 January 2024