Annual Surveys

Tapestry carries out an annual survey with a focus on key education themes

The questions are carefully curated by our education team to increase our understanding of your experiences as educators. We use the findings to inform our article themes and to support our public relations and marketing, as well as to inform the way we develop Tapestry and the Foundation Stage Forum.

This page contains a summary of the key findings of the surveys we have conducted so far.

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Tapestry Early Years Education Survey 2025 – what we learnt

Each year, the Tapestry survey gives a snapshot of how early years educators feel about a range of topics. This year we asked about their roles, whether they use artificial intelligence, and their approaches to engaging parents and carers, and more than 580 early years educators took the time to...

Tapestry Survey 2024: Five Things We Learnt

This is the fifth year of the annual Tapestry survey and we had a great response. More than 550 early years educators took the time to give us their view, which we really appreciate. Primary educators also responded with just under a 100 sharing their thoughts. Below we have shared...

Tapestry Survey 2023: Community of Practice, Wellbeing & Workload

Tapestry Survey 2023 – five things we learnt The results of Tapestry’s 2023 survey provided fascinating insights about a range of themes. We asked questions about workload, ratios, professional support and community, and the perception of early years.  With kind support from Early Education, Nursery World, Dingley’s Promise, Teacher Development...
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Tapestry Survey 2022: Teaching & Learning in Early Years Settings & Primary Schools

4 min read:   The results of Tapestry’s 2022 survey provided some fascinating insights into teaching and learning in early years settings and primary schools. We asked questions about the use of technology and professional development, as well as monitoring children’s progress and how educators support children to think and...

Tapestry Survey 2021: Parent & Carer Engagement during the Pandemic in Early Years

3 min read: Getting to know you – results from the Tapestry survey Earlier this year we undertook a survey to gather information about parent and carer engagement and we asked questions about approaches to fostering positive relationships, communications and strategies for supporting families who experience barriers to engaging with...

Tapestry Survey 2020: Supporting Remote Learning & Connecting with Families

3 min read: Better communications with parents and carers and access to technology essential – what we discovered from our first Tapestry survey At the end of the last academic year, we asked everyone in our Tapestry community, and beyond, to complete a short survey. We asked questions about engaging...
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