We have launched a super-brief online survey (it really only takes a few minutes to complete) into parental experiences of choosing a school for a disabled child. In order to keep the wording as simple as possible, throughout the survey we have used “parents” to refer to parents and carers and “disabled children” to refer to disabled children and young people, or those categorised as having special educational needs.

The government has promised a choice of mainstream or special school to parents of disabled children, or children who have a statement of special educational needs.

We want to find out how much real choice parents have at the moment, in different parts of the country, and how parents feel about the options available to them. We are particularly interested in the experiences of parents of disabled children who want a mainstream education for their child.

We are keen to hear from parents, young people, education practitioners, other professionals, disabled people and their allies, and representatives of the voluntary sector. The survey is anonymous, but there is an option for respondents to give us their name and contact details if they want to.

Having a large number of responses will help us tremendously so please complete this survey and tell others about it too; the survey will be open until Friday 30 November.

Your answers will help us confirm what needs to change and also help us to lobby for change and try to make change happen.

Thank you, we look forward to receiving your views!