Thriving
Schools
Index
Conduct your next school stakeholder study and measure your school's community using the Thriving Schools Index (TSI). Gather data from key 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
See how you compare to the national benchmark
We've been running school stakeholder studies for years and a question we're always asked after delivering results is "How does this 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
Overview of the Thriving Schools Index
We know the education sector
Rely on our years of research in the education sector. We conduct yearly research on the industry and have helped hundreds of schools with insights, demographic analysis, stakeholder studies and more.
Reimagining education towards 2035
Building Thriving School Communities
Seven disruptors impacting the future of education
Equipping students for the new world of work
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."
"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”
Your next school stakeholder study
The TSI allows you to measure your school's community and compare the results against the national benchmark.
Download flyerFrequently asked questions
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How long does the TSI take?
From project sign off to survey deployment can be as quick as 2 weeks.
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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.
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How many people are included in the national benchmark?
The benchmarking 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Trusted by the education sector
Why McCrindle?
- Lean into our experience in the education industry to ensure dependable information for decision-making.
- We handle the setup, distribution and collection of survey data to save you time and take the weight off of managing it.
- You’ll get data and insights promptly so you can use it for decision-making and planning.
