Parents giving their child pocket money are
spending almost £ 700 a year
1 in 6 parents say their child’ s school does not communicate well
Almost 1 in 5 parents do not get clear information on how they can support learning at home
What parents told us in 2026
Parents who feel involved in their child ' s education has dropped by a fifth since 2023
Fewer than half of the poorest parents feel involved in their child ' s education – a drop of almost a third since 2023
Parents giving their child pocket money are
spending almost £ 700 a year
More than 3 million parents have had to cut back elsewhere to afford the cost of schooling
A quarter of children don’ t participate in any enrichment outside of school
More than a third of parents want their child’ s school to offer coding, technology, and science clubs
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