Open to any school who demonstrates a whole-of-school approach to promoting the mental health and wellbeing of their students. Schools do this through creating safe, inclusive and supportive environments that nurture students to develop social and emotional capabilities and to promote positive mental health and wellbeing, so they become confident and resilient young people.

Evaluation Criteria

1. Demonstrates effective whole-school approaches to support the mental health and wellbeing of students, increase help-seeking, value diversity, reduce stigma and provide clear referral pathways. This includes through events, campaigns, programs and the curriculum.
2. Implements strategies and processes to support early identification and intervention of students who may be at increased risk of developing social and emotional or mental health concerns.
3. Promotes and supports students’ social and emotional development, mental health and wellbeing through all school activities.
4. Demonstrates evidence of effectiveness of mental health and wellbeing programs within the school community and provides training to school staff to improve the mental health literacy of all staff and students