Wellbeing can be described as how people feel and how they function and how they evaluate their lives on the whole. How people feel refers to their emotions such or anxiety or sadness. How people function refers to things such as their sense of competence or their sense of being connected to those around them. How people evaluate their life as a whole is captured in their satisfaction with their lives, or how they rate their lives in comparison with the best possible life.

Yes! We offer a FREE trial so schools can explore how BounceTogether supports wellbeing and mental health through Insight, Impact, and Identification. The trial gives you access to our platform's core features including; wellbeing surveys, dashboards and reporting tools. It’s a great way to see how BounceTogether can help you monitor and improve pupil and staff wellbeing in a meaningful, evidence-based way.

You can measure wellbeing by assessing various aspects of pupils physical, mental, social, and emotional health. Surveys and questionnaires are a popular approach, where the results can help you assess wellbeing, happiness, feelings of safety, and satisfaction with school life. You can use this data effectively, alongside other data you have about your pupils to measure your progress and check what you're doing is having the right impact.

Surveys measure emotional health and wellbeing by asking questions about the lives, circumstances, environment and experiences of your respondents. They typically ask things like "On a scale of 1-10, how happy are you with your school envionment?", "Are you happy with your social relationships at school?", "Do your friends give you help if you need it?" and "On ascale of 1-10, how happy do you feel going to school?"  There are over 65 evidence-based surveys in our Resources section where you can download the questions to many of the most widely used surveys in schools.

It largely depends on the type of survey you are running. If you are tracking wellbeing over a longer period of time (e.g. using whole-school wellbeing surveys) then you might measure progress at a few intervals throughout the school year, usually around the same time, to ensure data over time is consistent.When you are measuring for impact evaluation, you are likely to collect data before and after making changes.

You will want to choose something that best suits your organisation and your objectives or purpose for measuring. Here are 3 things you should consider:  1. Is the measure appropriate for the age range of my audience (e.g. the language it uses) You may want to use separate measures for separate ages. 2. Will the answers to the questions tell us what we are looking to find out? 3. How are we going to use the data to drive outcomes?

You should choose an evidence-based measure that best suits your organisation and your objectives or purpose for measuring. Here are 3 things you should consider:  1. Is the measure appropriate for the age range of my audience (e.g. the language it uses) You may want to use separate measures for separate ages. 2. Will the answers to the questions tell us what we are looking to find out and will we be able to use the results positively? 3. How are we going to use the data to drive outcomes?