School Life Questionnaire
Understand how your students feel about school
Online, easy-to-use
The SLQ offers students the opportunity to anonymously respond to a series of statements about their school experience by indicating how much they agree with each statement. There are two surveys available to cater for students in Year 5 and above.
Instantly review school-wide reports as soon as surveys are completed
Reports provide:
- A useful summary of results
- A breakdown of results by specific area and individual survey questions
- Results reported by year-level and gender
- Confidentiality for students, with student identity kept anonymous
Free 30 day trial
Please get in touch with our team if you would like to discuss if the SLQ is right for your school or to set up a free 30-day trial.
The questionnaire can support schools:
- as part of a continued focus on student wellbeing; the data can inform initiatives and track their impact, providing valuable evidence to inform the school community.
- returning to campus after a period of remote or rostered learning to capture useful information about student wellbeing and their attitudes towards school.
- conducting remote learning to help understand how students feel about their virtual learning environment and to support continued connection between students and their school community.
The results of the SLQ allow schools to make judgements about the effectiveness of policies concerned with curriculum, teaching practices, assessment, programs and organisation, as well as identify pointers to action or to areas of concern for the school.
The survey may be administered to all students in your school, specific year levels or specific groups of students. Most schools administer the survey annually or bi-annually to show development over time.
Backed by decades of research
The ACER’s School Life Questionnaire has been used in a series of studies in different contexts over more than two decades. The results of these studies have enabled the instrument to be developed and its properties to be established through replicated results.
Get a complete picture of your students' wellbeing
Use the School Life Questionnaire alongside the Social-Emotional Wellbeing Survey.
Pricing
Online assessments and reporting
Option 1
12-month licence
Assessment price
First
Second
Additional
Option 2
Individual student cost for online assessment