Can parents who don't speak English answer the school survey?

Yes. Parents answer in their own language, by typing or by speaking into their phone, and the chat replies in it. Showing the questions in their language from the first screen is coming at launch. Nobody needs an account or an app: they open the link or scan the QR code and answer in the browser. The school reads every answer translated into English, with the parent's original words kept beside it.

Can younger pupils answer the survey themselves?

FormzoAI is meant for parents, staff and students aged 16 and over. Our privacy policy says it isn't meant for children under 16, and that schools may not use it to collect data from children without the consent the law requires. For younger pupils, ask their parents and carers, who can tell you how their child's week is going.

Where is parents' data stored, and who controls it?

In the EU (Frankfurt) or the US, set from where you sign up. The school controls the answers and FormzoAI processes them under our data processing agreement. You set how long responses are kept, and Settings → Data requests finds, downloads or deletes everything one family sent. The services that process answers are listed on our subprocessors page.

Is it fair to let AI summarise what parents said?

Every theme shows roughly how many families said it and opens to example comments in the parents' own words, so staff can check any summary. Moving comments and renaming themes are coming at launch. The follow-up question is one neutral question about the parent's own answer, asked only when an answer is too vague to use, and you can switch follow-ups off for any question.

How much does a school parent survey cost?

Joining the waitlist is free. One survey a term fits the Event Pass: $79 once for 60 days and 3,000 responses. Starter is $19 a month for 500 responses with themes and CSV export, Pro is $49 a month for 3,000 responses, and Business is $149 a month with five staff seats. Every plan starts with a 7-day trial and is paid by card.

How is this different from Google Forms or Microsoft Forms?

Google Forms and Microsoft Forms come free with most school accounts. Their AI summaries need paid Workspace or Copilot licences that many schools don't have, so most schools get a spreadsheet of answers in whatever language each parent wrote. FormzoAI replies in each parent's language, asks one follow-up when an answer is a single word, and gives you every comment translated into English and sorted into counted themes with quotes.

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Hear from the families your English survey never reached.

Parents answer in the language they speak at home, typed or spoken. When one writes “too much”, FormzoAI asks a gentle follow-up. You read it all in English, sorted into counted themes with quotes.

Spring parent survey

Spring parent survey · made from “Spring parent survey on homework, pickup and school news, for all 600 families, closing 21 March”

Their chat

How is homework going for your family this term?

Too much.

Follow-upWhat happens at home on a homework night?

My son does his maths alone. The sheets are in English and I can't help him.

What you get

Theme

Homework parents can't help with

164 of 412 people said something like this

“My son does his maths alone. The sheets are in English and I can't help him.”

Example answers, written for this page.

Three weeks after the survey went home.

87 replies from 600 families
The link went out in the Friday newsletter, then again after half-term. Most replies came from the parents you already see at the gate every morning.
Silence from a third of the school
Families who speak Arabic, Polish or Spanish at home opened an English survey, read question one and closed it. Theirs are the children you most needed to hear about.
“Fine.” “OK.” “Too much.”
The comment boxes that did come back hold a word each. The leadership team wants to know what to change, and “fine” gives them nothing to act on.

From one sentence to the leadership meeting.

01
Describe the survey in one sentence
“Spring parent survey on homework, pickup and school news, for all 600 families, closing 21 March.” You get the questions, and you can reword any of them before it goes home.
02
Send it the way families already hear from you
Newsletter, text message, the class WhatsApp group, or a QR code on the gate at pickup. Parents answer on their phone with no account, in their own language. At parents' evening, one tablet in the hall takes the whole queue.
03
Read it in English, already sorted
Every comment translated and grouped into themes, each with how many families said it and the parents' own words, plus a chart for every tick-box question. Bring it to the leadership meeting and tell families what changes in the next newsletter.

What 412 families said this spring, counted.

Comments are grouped into themes, each with how many families said it and the quote that says it best, translated, with the parent's original beside it. Open a theme to read example comments behind it. You decide what the school does next.

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Built for the families you rarely hear from.

Every home language: Parents answer in their own language and the chat replies in it. You read every answer in English, with the parent's original kept beside it. Questions shown in their language from the first screen are coming at launch.
Answer by speaking: Tap the microphone and talk. Easier for parents who'd rather say it than spell it, in any language their phone understands.
One tablet at parents' evening: Shared-device mode resets the survey after each person, so a queue in the school hall can answer on one tablet, and a class on the school Wi-Fi works too.
A link per year group: Add ?year=4 to the link in the Year 4 newsletter and every answer carries it, so you can see where Year 4 and Year 6 families differ.
Counts you can quote: Each theme shows roughly how many families raised it, like homework they can't help with in English, with example comments a click away.
Anonymous course feedback: For students aged 16 and over and lecture halls: anonymous mode stores no IP address, takes no name or email from the link, and tells students the form is anonymous.

Fair questions.

Can parents who don't speak English answer the school survey?: Yes. Parents answer in their own language, by typing or by speaking into their phone, and the chat replies in it. Showing the questions in their language from the first screen is coming at launch. Nobody needs an account or an app: they open the link or scan the QR code and answer in the browser. The school reads every answer translated into English, with the parent's original words kept beside it.
Can younger pupils answer the survey themselves?: FormzoAI is meant for parents, staff and students aged 16 and over. Our privacy policy says it isn't meant for children under 16, and that schools may not use it to collect data from children without the consent the law requires. For younger pupils, ask their parents and carers, who can tell you how their child's week is going.
Where is parents' data stored, and who controls it?: In the EU (Frankfurt) or the US, set from where you sign up. The school controls the answers and FormzoAI processes them under our data processing agreement. You set how long responses are kept, and Settings → Data requests finds, downloads or deletes everything one family sent. The services that process answers are listed on our subprocessors page.
Is it fair to let AI summarise what parents said?: Every theme shows roughly how many families said it and opens to example comments in the parents' own words, so staff can check any summary. Moving comments and renaming themes are coming at launch. The follow-up question is one neutral question about the parent's own answer, asked only when an answer is too vague to use, and you can switch follow-ups off for any question.
How much does a school parent survey cost?: Joining the waitlist is free. One survey a term fits the Event Pass: $79 once for 60 days and 3,000 responses. Starter is $19 a month for 500 responses with themes and CSV export, Pro is $49 a month for 3,000 responses, and Business is $149 a month with five staff seats. Every plan starts with a 7-day trial and is paid by card.
How is this different from Google Forms or Microsoft Forms?: Google Forms and Microsoft Forms come free with most school accounts. Their AI summaries need paid Workspace or Copilot licences that many schools don't have, so most schools get a spreadsheet of answers in whatever language each parent wrote. FormzoAI replies in each parent's language, asks one follow-up when an answer is a single word, and gives you every comment translated into English and sorted into counted themes with quotes.

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Spring parent survey

Spring parent survey · made from “Spring parent survey on homework, pickup and school news, for all 600 families, closing 21 March”

Their chat

How is homework going for your family this term?

Too much.

Follow-upWhat happens at home on a homework night?

My son does his maths alone. The sheets are in English and I can't help him.

What you get

Theme

Homework parents can't help with

164 of 412 people said something like this

“My son does his maths alone. The sheets are in English and I can't help him.”

Example answers, written for this page.

Three weeks after the survey went home.

87 replies from 600 families

The link went out in the Friday newsletter, then again after half-term. Most replies came from the parents you already see at the gate every morning.

Silence from a third of the school

Families who speak Arabic, Polish or Spanish at home opened an English survey, read question one and closed it. Theirs are the children you most needed to hear about.

“Fine.” “OK.” “Too much.”

The comment boxes that did come back hold a word each. The leadership team wants to know what to change, and “fine” gives them nothing to act on.

From one sentence to the leadership meeting.

Describe the survey in one sentence

“Spring parent survey on homework, pickup and school news, for all 600 families, closing 21 March.” You get the questions, and you can reword any of them before it goes home.

Send it the way families already hear from you

Newsletter, text message, the class WhatsApp group, or a QR code on the gate at pickup. Parents answer on their phone with no account, in their own language. At parents' evening, one tablet in the hall takes the whole queue.

Read it in English, already sorted

Every comment translated and grouped into themes, each with how many families said it and the parents' own words, plus a chart for every tick-box question. Bring it to the leadership meeting and tell families what changes in the next newsletter.

Built for the families you rarely hear from.

Every home language

Parents answer in their own language and the chat replies in it. You read every answer in English, with the parent's original kept beside it. Questions shown in their language from the first screen are coming at launch.

Answer by speaking

Tap the microphone and talk. Easier for parents who'd rather say it than spell it, in any language their phone understands.

One tablet at parents' evening

Shared-device mode resets the survey after each person, so a queue in the school hall can answer on one tablet, and a class on the school Wi-Fi works too.

A link per year group

Add ?year=4 to the link in the Year 4 newsletter and every answer carries it, so you can see where Year 4 and Year 6 families differ.

Counts you can quote

Each theme shows roughly how many families raised it, like homework they can't help with in English, with example comments a click away.

Anonymous course feedback

For students aged 16 and over and lecture halls: anonymous mode stores no IP address, takes no name or email from the link, and tells students the form is anonymous.

Fair questions.

Can parents who don't speak English answer the school survey?: Yes. Parents answer in their own language, by typing or by speaking into their phone, and the chat replies in it. Showing the questions in their language from the first screen is coming at launch. Nobody needs an account or an app: they open the link or scan the QR code and answer in the browser. The school reads every answer translated into English, with the parent's original words kept beside it.
Can younger pupils answer the survey themselves?: FormzoAI is meant for parents, staff and students aged 16 and over. Our privacy policy says it isn't meant for children under 16, and that schools may not use it to collect data from children without the consent the law requires. For younger pupils, ask their parents and carers, who can tell you how their child's week is going.
Where is parents' data stored, and who controls it?: In the EU (Frankfurt) or the US, set from where you sign up. The school controls the answers and FormzoAI processes them under our data processing agreement. You set how long responses are kept, and Settings → Data requests finds, downloads or deletes everything one family sent. The services that process answers are listed on our subprocessors page.
Is it fair to let AI summarise what parents said?: Every theme shows roughly how many families said it and opens to example comments in the parents' own words, so staff can check any summary. Moving comments and renaming themes are coming at launch. The follow-up question is one neutral question about the parent's own answer, asked only when an answer is too vague to use, and you can switch follow-ups off for any question.
How much does a school parent survey cost?: Joining the waitlist is free. One survey a term fits the Event Pass: $79 once for 60 days and 3,000 responses. Starter is $19 a month for 500 responses with themes and CSV export, Pro is $49 a month for 3,000 responses, and Business is $149 a month with five staff seats. Every plan starts with a 7-day trial and is paid by card.
How is this different from Google Forms or Microsoft Forms?: Google Forms and Microsoft Forms come free with most school accounts. Their AI summaries need paid Workspace or Copilot licences that many schools don't have, so most schools get a spreadsheet of answers in whatever language each parent wrote. FormzoAI replies in each parent's language, asks one follow-up when an answer is a single word, and gives you every comment translated into English and sorted into counted themes with quotes.