Planet Youth Survey

Key Benefits for Participating Schools

• Bespoke School Wellbeing Reports: Each school receives a confidential, individualised report. This provides high-quality local data to identify emerging trends (such as sleep deprivation, screen time, or vaping) and allows the school to benchmark their results against regional and national averages.

• Evidence for Inspection & Frameworks: The data directly supports the Wellbeing Framework for Practice, informs School Self-Evaluation (SSE), and provides concrete evidence for DEIS Action Plans and SPHE curriculum delivery.

• Strengthened Parent-School Partnerships: Planet Youth facilitates "Parent Power" by providing schools with research-backed resources (such as the First Year Parent Guidelines) that help parents align on boundaries like bedtimes and supervised leisure, creating a more settled school environment.

• Targeted Resource Allocation: Instead of broad-brush interventions, schools can work with local partners (like the LCETB and Youth Services) to design specific, "ground-up" solutions that address the actual needs of their pupils.

• A "Rising Tide" Approach: By focusing on primary prevention for the entire school population rather than just "at-risk" groups, schools contribute to a healthier social environment that benefits every student, effectively "lifting all boats."

Some important points

• The report is private to the school - click here for a sample report

• It is completely anonymous (student participation).

• It is passive consent focused - parents can decide to permit their child to participate and students can opt not to answer certain questions (a Parent/Guardian Flyer will be provided in advance of the survey).

• It is proposed to undertake the survey the week after Easter break with 'mop-ups' for schools the following week or weeks.

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