This evaluation of the National School Chaplaincy Program found that chaplains play a valuable role in supporting student wellbeing and school communities, noting that the religious affiliation of Chaplain role is unique and contested. The evaluation recommended a comprehensive review of the program’s role in the medium to longer term.

This research finds that young people value the importance of an inclusive and welcoming school environment where Year 12 students feel trusted, respected and as though they belong. Having more opportunities to ‘have a say’ and to ‘demonstrate leadership’ were considered fundamental to fostering a supportive school environment and key to maintaining positive student wellbeing...

This evaluation was commissioned to assess the impact of the New Zealand Healthy School Lunches programme on secondary school-aged learners’ wellbeing, as well as the impact of the programme on attendance among all age groups.

This interim report reviews how well national policy initiatives by the Australian, State and Territory governments have achieved the objectives and outcomes set out in the National School Reform Agreement, and makes recommendations to inform the design of the next agreement.

Home-based learning due to pandemic-induced school closures is the greatest educational disruption impacting on school systems in recent history. This research adds to the evidence base by not only assessing whether students’ learning may have been impacted during home-based learning, but also why students may have performed better or worse, as well as which students...