Health & Wellbeing
The 2024 Health and Wellbeing Survey is now closed.
Thank you for your participation.
We have updated the design and layout of our survey and personal report access.
Please be assured that these updates will not affect the longitudinal data. Should you require any clarification or have any inquiries regarding these updates, please do not hesitate to contact us.
The 2023 Principals Health & Wellbeing report is now available.
If you would like to participate in further research, you can find more information on the Monash-led research project ‘Invisible labour: Principals’ emotional labour in volatile times,’ which examines the emotional labour of principals managing school communities in socially volatile times. click here.
Health & Wellbeing
The Health & Wellbeing Survey is conducted by a team of renowned educational researchers and leaders within the Institute of Positive Psychology and Education at Australian Catholic University. Results inform nation-wide policies and procedures to foster better occupational health, safety and wellbeing outcomes for leaders in the field of education.
Our team
We run the Health & Wellbeing survey. In taking the survey you will be able to track your job-related personal health and well-being over time.
Research impact
The Health & Wellbeing survey impacts policies and procedures nation-wide.
Annual Reports
The Australian Principal’s Occupational Health and Wellbeing Survey includes principals, assistant principals, and deputy principals from every school type, sector, state, and territory. Commencing in 2011, it is the longest-running survey of its type. It is one of the most comprehensive longitudinal data sets of school leader health and wellbeing in the world.
Media
Our reports are featured in mainstream Online, Print Media Articles and Broadcast Media.
“Thank you so much for the report. The importance of the survey cannot be overstated. It has been, and will continue to be, hugely influential at all levels. We thank you for the work. APPA is proud to have been so closely associated for so long.”
“Thank you for giving me an opportunity to have a voice.”
