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What Parents Want 2025
August 2025
What Parents Want: An Independent Schools Queensland survey examines the decision-making process parents undertake when choosing an independent school, including cultural influences, sources of information, and the important factors that guide school choice. The report is the fifth in a longitudinal study, commencing in 1996.
Read the 2025 Key Findings (published August 2025)
Access the full report (available to ISQ members only)
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2022 Key Findings | 2018 Key Findings | 2015 Key Findings | 2011 Key Findings | 2007 Key Findings
What Parents Want
As parents, we were really happy...the communication was on the front foot and they helped to navigate and prepare for a really challenging situation.
The fifth What Parents Want – An Independent Schools Queensland Survey report highlights what parents value when choosing a school for their child and for the first time analysed schools' responses to the COVID pandemic.
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