Impact on Policy and Procedure

Health Support

Teachers Health Fund implemented policy changes in 2014 to provide more tailored supports to principals (e.g., reduced waiting periods, telepsychology for remote areas).

Better support for school principals became Green Party policy.

Wellbeing

Victoria lowest level of serious mental health concern of any state or territory in response to the survey (2017), and Victorian school leaders continuously report the highest job satisfaction.

Safety Policy

Victoria: School Community Safety Orders which empower authorised persons such as school leaders to ban violent parents from school grounds.

Queensland: Sentencing Advisory Council inquiry document; "Hostile People on School Premises, Willful Disturbance, and Trespass Procedure" in 2022.

State Initiatives

Several state and territory governments have directly addressed and reacted to results published by principal reports.

Politics