In April 2012, the Government announced measures to improve the mental health of young people aged 12 to 19 years with, or at risk of, mild to moderate mental health problems. These initiatives comprise the Prime Minister’s Youth Mental Health Project.
One of the initiatives agreed to by the Government included a national evaluation of the current provision of guidance and counselling in schools.
The evaluation focused on the wider guidance and counselling provision in schools, of which guidance counsellors are a part. The Education Review Office (ERO) evaluated how well each school/wharekura provided guidance and counselling for students.
This report presents the findings from phase two of a two-phase evaluation. The phase one report, based on the findings from surveys of school leaders, guidance counsellors and students was released in July 2013. This second phase included visits to 49 school/wharekura in Terms 2 and 3, 2013, and a survey of 671 students at these schools.