Have your say on wellbeing in education

The Department of Education and Youth supports wellbeing in schools through its Wellbeing Policy Statement and Framework for Practice. By taking part in this survey, you will help us shape an updated wellbeing policy and a new implementation plan.

The updated policy will guide primary and post-primary schools in supporting the wellbeing of children and young people up to 2030 and beyond.

We want to hear from children and young people, parents and guardians, and school staff about their experiences of wellbeing in school communities. Your feedback will help us understand:

• What is working well at present
• What could work better
• How wellbeing can be supported more effectively in the future

• The survey takes about 10 minutes to complete
• You can take longer if you wish
• Most questions are multiple choice
• The survey has been designed with accessibility in mind, and you can change how things look or sound to make them easier to use.
• Accessible options include Easy read (student only), Irish Sign Language, Read Aloud, Theme Contrast, and up to 10 separate languages (English, Polish, Ukrainian, Brazilian Portuguese, Arabic, Irish, Simplified Chinese, Lithuanian, Romanian & French)
• At the end, you will have the option to share additional comments in your own words, if you would like

• 👉 Students: Click here to complete the student survey
• 👉 Parents / Guardians: Click here to complete the parent/guardian survey
• 👉 School staff: Click here to complete the school staff survey
• 👉 General Public: Click here to complete the survey
• 👉 Written submissions: For those not in a position to complete the survey as a student, parent or staff member in education then written submissions can be emailed to Wellbeing_Policy@education.gov.ie no later than Tuesday 2 June 2026. When preparing your submission, we recommend that you consider the wellbeing policy under the following headings:
  • What works well in the provision of educational wellbeing to children and young people in Ireland?
  • What changes do you see as important to ensure that children and young people’s educational wellbeing is supported to allow them to achieve their potential?
  • If you have any other views that are relevant to the review of the Wellbeing Policy Statement and Framework for Practice, please also detail those
  • Submissions should be succinct, legible and relevant to the topic of educational wellbeing.

A consultation report will be prepared based on the survey responses. Individual responses will remain confidential and will not be reported separately. Your experience and feedback will help shape the future of wellbeing policy in education.