SOS Updates
Balmoral Bulletin
The 2026 School Opinion Survey provides valuable feedback from parents and caregivers, students and staff. The results identify areas of strength, areas requiring attention and opportunities to improve the experience of our school community.
| Respondent group | Responses | Participation |
| Parents and caregivers | 152 | 20.5% |
| Students | 175 | 57.4% |
| Staff | 86 | 63.2% |
The results should be considered alongside other school evidence, including student engagement data, behaviour trends, staff feedback and community conversations. They are an important source of insight, rather than a complete picture of school performance.
What is working well?
High expectations for learning
- 97.2% of parents and caregivers agree teachers expect their child to do their best.
- 92.7% of students agree teachers expect them to do their best.
- 94.9% of staff report modifying teaching practice after reviewing student assessment data.
100% of staff report using the Australian Curriculum and/or Queensland senior syllabuses to plan teaching, learning and assessment.
Safety and connection
- 90.6% of parents and caregivers report their child feels safe at school.
- 80.0% of students report feeling safe at school, an increase of 9.3 percentage points from 2025.
90.3% of parents and caregivers report being able to talk to their child’s teachers about concerns.
Improvement in student perceptions
Student responses show positive movement across several important measures:
- Agreement that Balmoral is a good school increased by 19.6 percentage points to 75.0%.
- Agreement that students feel safe increased by 9.3 percentage points to 80.0%.
- Agreement that respectful student relationships are fostered increased by 5.1 percentage points to 84.0%.
Agreement that students like being at school increased by 6.7 percentage points to 68.1%.
These results provide encouraging evidence of progress in students’ experience of school.