Data Collection and Surveys

Parent/Caregiver/Guardian Opinion Survey

The Parent/Caregiver/Guardian Opinion Survey is conducted annually in Term 3. Survey dates are published annually on the Key dates for schools calendar (staff login required).

Participation in the Parent/Caregiver/Guardian Opinion Survey Schools will use the same secure survey portal from ORIMA Research as for Attitudes to School Survey. ORIMA Research will email login details to all schools ahead of the survey collection period.

Survey administration

• The survey coordinator downloads the school’s survey link and PIN from ORIMA Research portal page and distributes to parents/carers.
• Parents/carers/guardians log-in to the secure site from any compatible device and complete the survey online.
• The online survey is available in English, Arabic, Mandarin, Chin (Hakha), Hindi, Vietnamese, Japanese, Greek, Turkish, Somali and Punjabi. Parents/carers/guardians select their preferred language when they commence the survey.
• Additional survey language guides available in Albanian, Assyrian, Bengali, Burmese, Dari, Dinka, Persian, Filipino, Gujarati, Hazaragi, Indonesian, Italian, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Malayalam, Pashto, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Sinhalese, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, and Urdu via ORIMA Research portal page.

Survey preparation

• Schools are strongly encouraged to invite all parents/carers/guardians to complete the survey via a generic survey link. Schools can also generate unique survey links for each parent/carer/guardian. The school survey link is available in the Orima survey portal.
• Schools advise parents/carers/guardians of the upcoming survey via school bulletin or newsletter.
• Translated information letters and sample text for schools to inform their community are made available in the ORIMA portal.
• Schools requiring language guides in additional languages can contact the department by email: school.surveys@education.vic.gov.au

School results

Schools can access their survey results from the ORIMA portal following the end of the survey collection period. The department provides final reporting of school’s results through Panorama, at the conclusion of all data processing.

School support

For technical queries and support regarding the Parent/Caregiver/Guardian Opinion Survey, please contact ORIMA Research on 1800 654 585 (toll free during business hours), or by email: pos@orima.com

Get advice

For any participation or survey-related queries, please contact the department by email: school.surveys@education.vic.gov.au