The objectives of this study were to investigate the differing perceptions that parents and teachers in six NSW country centres have of the primary school curriculum, in order to provide a database which the participating schools may wish to use as a basis for curriculum change or further investigation. It is also hoped that the survey research instrument which has been developed during this research will be useful to other researchers interested in gauging the perceptions of parents and teachers of the primary school curriculum. The teachers and parents from six primary schools in the North West Education Region of NSW were involved in the study. Based upon a previous questionnaire designed by Mason ( 1973) a research instrument was developed by the present researcher. A survey using this instrument formed the basis of the investigation. It was found that parents and teachers generally agree that schools are providing a high standard of learning. It was also found that parents and teachers strongly support the vast majority of learning areas currently comprising the primary school curriculum, which was perceived to be responsible for the total development of the child with social, personal, physical and aesthetic development complimenting academic development. One area was considered significantly less important and well achieved and this related to religious aspects of the curriculum. Significant levels of agreement were generally found to exist between parents and teacher. The perceptions of parents were slightly more positive than those of teachers with respect to how successful schools are in major areas of the curriculum. Parents and teachers also agreed upon the importance and achievement of areas of the curriculum dealing with the basics - 3R's. Parents and teachers also agreed strongly that a number of areas of the curriculum were significantly underachieved, especially relating to personal development. Considerable differences were revealed between the participating schools, with no particular pattern emerging.