Thriving
Schools
Index

Gather data from school stakeholders including parents, staff and students and compare the results against national data.

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Key benefits:

  • Understand the health of your school community across key stakeholders including staff, students, and parents
  • Lead boldly into the future with robust evidence
  • Rely on benchmarked insights against national averages to see performance gaps and strengths
  • Find improvement areas and celebrate strengths in your school community
  • Engage your school community regularly to help keep your finger on the community pulse

What you get:

  • A 10-minute survey of your staff, students, and parents using our standard Thriving School Index survey
  • An insights report featuring graphs, analysis, key insights, and benchmarking against national averages
  • A presentation and workshop by a McCrindle Speaker tailored to your school, leadership team, and staff featuring McCrindle’s education trends, your school’s insights, and tailored recommendations to futureproof your school

The six pillars of a thriving school community

To help educational leaders create thriving learning communities, McCrindle has developed a six-part Thriving Schools Index to help schools identify their strengths and highlight areas for improvement. The effectiveness of a school’s learning community is measured across the following six areas:

Student
development

Teaching

Student
wellbeing

Schooling
experience

Connection and
belonging

Leadership

"How do we compare to other schools?"

The TSI allows you to measure your school's community and compare the results against the national benchmark.

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Add-ons

Enhance your TSI with add-ons

Custom Questions

Tailor the survey to your unique needs by adding up to 10 of your own questions. Written commentary on the results of these custom questions will be included in the report.

Multi-Campus report

A consolidated report ideal for leaders overseeing multiple school locations, providing a single view for Boards and Executive Teams.

Segmentation Analysis

Gain a more nuanced understanding of your stakeholders by comparing specific audience segments. The comparisons between parents, students, and staff included in the report as standard.

School Community Infographic

A communication-ready infographic to share top-line results with your community. Features your top 5 strengths, key metrics, and can highlight leadership's responses or next steps.

Overview of the Thriving Schools Index

Built on years of research

The TSI has been built on the foundation of decades of research, drawing on what is proven to be an effective way of measuring a school community.

What people say

"Working with McCrindle on our bi-annual Survey was a genuinely rewarding experience from start to finish. When the survey wrapped up, they didn’t just deliver results, they took the time to walk our Executive team through the findings, offering insights that were both practical and immediately useful. The data is insightful and the entire journey felt seamless, highly professional, and truly collaborative. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend McCrindle to any School seeking meaningful data and a team that’s a pleasure to partner with."

Steven Wellbeloved, Head of Advancement

St Mark’s Anglican School, WA

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"The Thriving Schools Index gave us a clear, evidence-based picture of our community. It allowed us to celebrate our strengths while providing the data that gave insight into our opportunity areas”

Kieren Noonan, Executive Director Strategy and Operations

Girton Grammar, VIC

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Thriving Schools Index Report

Your next school stakeholder study

The TSI allows you to measure your school's community and compare the results against the national benchmark.

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Frequently asked questions

  • How long does the survey take to complete?
    The TSI survey is designed to be efficient and user-friendly, typically taking respondents approximately 10 minutes to complete.
  • How much does it cost?
    The off the shelf package is $15,000 + GST. If you have additional or custom questions you'd like to include please let us know and we can provide a custom proposal.
  • How many people are included in the national benchmark?
    The national benchmark data is the collation of quantitative data collected in an online survey. The survey was completed by Australians aged 15 to 78. Respondents who were parents of school-aged children (n=557), teachers in the school education sector (n=521), or Yr9-12 students (n=350) were included in the study.
  • What deliverables do I get?
    Once we run the survey and analyse the data you'll receive our templated report with the key insights from your school which includes top strengths and top areas for growth. Included in the report is the TSI benchmark split by stakeholder (staff, parents & students). You'll also receive a presentation of the insights from a McCrindle researcher.
  • Can we add custom questions?
    While the Thriving Schools Index is comprehensive, you can include custom questions as an add-on. Some schools use these questions to capture feedback and sentiment on their unique strategic plan, faith elements, or facilities.
  • How long does a TSI take from kickoff to final presentation?
    Once we receive sign off a TSI typically takes six to eight weeks from the initial kickoff meeting to the final delivery of the presentation.
  • Can the TSI feed into strategic planning packages?
    Yes, in fact we recommend the TSI for strategic planning as it offers a comprehensive view of key areas within your school.
  • Does the TSI work for multi campus schools?
    Yes, we've conducted the TSI for several multicampus schools. We can offer an aggregated result for the entire school community, as well as reporting for each school in your group.
  • Can I run the TSI year on year?
    The TSI was designed to track trends over time, many schools find their own year on year tracking more insightful than the comparison to the national benchmark. It can be ran year on year or at your preferred intervals.
  • What is the recommended age group for student participants?
    We recommend running the survey for students in Year 9 and above to ensure full comprehension of the survey questions, though younger cohorts can be included if desired. Our national benchmark is also based off of a Year 9 + cohort, while we can survey lower, this is something to consider.
  • What key metrics are included in the final report?
    The TSI final report provides comprehensive insights, including domain scores and identification of top strengths and growth areas for each stakeholder. It also includes performance metrics such as the Net Promoter Score (NPS), Net Repeater Score (NRS), and Net Engagement Score (ES), along with a "future outlook" to assess community optimism.

Trusted by the education sector

Why McCrindle?

  1. Lean into our experience in the education industry to ensure dependable information for decision-making.
  2. We handle the setup, distribution and collection of survey data to save you time and take the weight off of managing it.
  3. You’ll get data and insights promptly so you can use it for decision-making and planning.
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