Surveys

Make decisions and take action with confidence.

The Resilience Survey is an annual student wellbeing measure trusted by thousands of Australian schools. By implementing this comprehensive tool, you'll gain valuable insights to:

Pinpoint key factors influencing student wellbeing in your school.
Implement targeted strategies for measurable improvement.


Developed in collaboration with Professors Jill Dorrian and Kurt Lushington at Adelaide University, the Resilience Survey offers a complete measure of mental health and resilience for students in years 3 to 12:

  • The survey features 6 gold-standard international measures of mental health and 9 critical domains of resilience.

  • Easy-to-administer online survey completed in just 30 minutes during class time under teacher supervision.

  • Access your school's data through a secure Reporting Portal with interactive and easily interpretable results in various formats, including gender and year-level results.

  • Compare your school's data against Australian national norms based on gender, year levels (Cross-sectional), and year-to-year progress (Longitudinal).

  • Access our cutting-edge survey analysis software ‘Gemfinder™’.

Join thousands of schools in promoting student wellbeing and fostering a thriving, resilient school community with the Resilience Survey.

Unlock the full potential of your school community with our complete range of surveys for staff, parents and more.

Explore our Surveys

Connected Protected Respected

Our survey of more than 3,500 schools and 900,000+ young people aged 8-18 across every state and territory in Australia, has led to the discovery that young people thrive when they feel Connected Protected Respected ™ (CPR).

What is Gemfinder

Our practical survey questions and easy to interpret results can lead directly to easily identified areas for positive action. Gemfinder™ is a powerful new and exclusive feature available in school’s Reporting Portal to assist in this task. 

Gemfinder is groundbreaking survey analysis software developed by our in-house team over a 4-year partnership with our colleagues at Adelaide University and Kings College London. 

Gemfinder generates on demand the statistically meaningful drivers (associated factors) of mental health and wellbeing for your students, leading to a targeted and cohort specific wellbeing response.

Our Impact

900,000+

Students surveyed

3,500+

Schools surveyed

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s First People and Traditional Custodians of the land where we work.

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