The Schoolmait Student Wellbeing Survey was developed by a multidisciplinary team of educators and wellbeing experts to help schools gain a clear picture of how students are doing. The model and questionnaires draw from the latest research in student wellbeing and education sciences, ensuring that the measures are both reliable and meaningful. The survey combines feedback from students, parents and teachers, and covers eight wellbeing dimensions.
Our questionnaires are based on multiple-choice questions using the Likert scale. Each question in the wellbeing survey is scored on a scale from –2 to +2. If a participant prefers to skip a question (e.g., selecting “don’t understand” or “prefer not to answer”), those responses are excluded from the score calculation. Results are then averaged at the student, class, year, and whole-school levels, making it easy to identify both strengths and areas for improvement and to track patterns across groups.
Like any survey, the wellbeing survey has natural limitations: the survey is not a clinical assessment, results are based on self-reported data, reflect a specific point in time, and may be influenced by external events or policies. For this reason, the findings should be seen as a starting point for discussion and action, not as final judgments. Used well, the survey can guide evidence-based planning, foster collaboration among staff, and inform interventions that improve wellbeing across the whole school community.