The Stakeholders Study is part of work package 6 (WP6) European Indicators of Quality and Wellbeing in ECEC. The Study involves parents, ECEC-staff working with children and policy makers in this field, and aims to provide policy relevant and research-based knowledge to support the European Union's efforts towards excellence and equity in early childhood education and care in all member states. Nine European countries participated in the study: England (EN), Finland (FI), Germany (DE), Greece (EL), Netherlands (NL), Norway (NO), Poland (PL) and Portugal (PT). In these countries about 2500 parents, 2172 staff working with children and 277 policy makers responded either to a personal interview (PI) or to an internet-based survey (IBS). The data collection for the current report was conducted between February 1st and May 26th, 2015. Since the date of delivery for this report was June 30th, only the parental data have been analysed and the main aim of this report is to provide a first comprehensive presentation of commonalities and differences in parents' values, beliefs and expectations regarding the quality and curriculum of ECEC-provisions and children's well-being across the participating countries. In addition, this report presents findings on parents' considerations when choosing particular ECEC services and parent's views on the appropriateness of using ECEC for young children. (author abstract)