Early Years Matters
Survey analysis
1. Introduction
A satisfaction survey was conducted in the autumn 2015 edition of Early Years Matters. The
purpose of the survey was to determine the value placed by readers of the magazine on its value.
2. Response rate
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87 valid responses were received. This represents a 1.4% proportion of the number of settings
that receive the magazine in hard copy; and a smaller proportion of the total readership of the
magazine.
•
Responses were received from 25/31 authority areas (Clackmannanshire and Stirling are
combined).
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Responses were received from:
- Local authority early learning and childcare setting (26 responses)
- Private/voluntary early learning and childcare setting (10 responses)
- Primary school staff (6 responses)
- Local authority officer (3 responses)
- Other (37 responses)
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Responses from those listed as ‘other’ were:
- Care Inspectorate officer
- Paediatrics
- Playgroup
- Early years training organisation
- Board member
- Church of Scotland Parent & Toddler Group
- Early years teacher central support team
- Early years charity support worker
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3. Quantitative analysis
Strongly
agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly
disagree
Not
applicable
No
response
I am a regular
reader of Early
Years Matters
18
36
8
2
1
1
2
I prefer the online
version of Early
Years Matters
11
19
42
12
4
0
3
I prefer the hard
copy version of
Early Years Matters
34
28
17
3
5
1
Articles in the
magazine are
always relevant to
my day-to-day work
22
46
11
4
4
0
Articles in the
magazine are
thought provoking
and interesting
25
55
3
3
1
0
6
I regard Early
Years Matters as a
means of
supporting my
professional
learning and
development
24
51
5
3
4
0
7
I use Early Years
Matters to support
other development
in my setting/for my
job
17
52
9
3
4
0
1
4
5
8
Do you think it is
important for
Education Scotland
to continue to
produce Early
Years Matters?
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2
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