Reports
Systemic data and parliamentary inquiry provide an essential complement to academic research.
This collection brings together key government and sector reports documenting the state of student engagement, attendance, wellbeing and learning outcomes across Australian schooling, alongside significant international reports where other systems confront the same challenges.
Together, they build a picture of disengagement not as an isolated classroom problem but as a systemic concern requiring coordinated policy attention.
Everyday matters: Improving school attendance in Australia
- Jordana Hunter, Amy Haywood, and Molly Chapman - Grattan Institute
- 2025
Australia's school attendance crisis is worse than most realise. Only 62% of students now attend regularly — compared to 82% in England — and the decline...