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About the Peer Support Program

The Peer Support Program builds strong relationships, empowers students, nurtures a sense of belonging, and fosters an anti-bullying culture.

Peer Support at primary school

Build strong connections across your whole school community.

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Peer Support at high school

Empower senior students to help Year 7 students thrive at high school.

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Support student wellbeing across the whole school

The Peer Support Program is a whole-of-school student wellbeing program available to schools across Australia.

The program involves senior students being trained as Peer Leaders, and leading small groups of younger students in weekly structured sessions.

Peer Support is supported by 50 years of practise and research. And our program is endorsed by state education departments.

What is Peer Support?

Becoming a Peer Support school is simple

Interested in running Peer Support at your school? We provide the training and resources to plan and run the program.

Schools see exponential benefits as students develop and reinforce positive peer connections and emotional social literacy skills every year.

How do I get Peer Support?

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Join Peer Support

Ready to sign-up? Register your school today.

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Take a sneak peek at our program resources

Check out the content you’ll have access to when you become a Peer Support school.

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Is your school a member?

Check whether your school is running Peer Support

Problems finding your school? Call us on 1300 579 963

What’s new

Beyond “How was school?”: Making space for better conversations at home

“How was school?” is an easy question to ask at the end of the day – and “fine” is often an equally easy answer to give. That does not mean children do not want to talk. Sometimes the timing, the question or the feeling of sitting down for a formal conversation can make it harder to know where to begin.

Connection starts with conversation: helping students build the skills to talk and listen

Treating conversation as a skill that can be prepared, practiced and strengthened gives schools another practical way to support connection and belonging without assuming every student begins with the same confidence or experience. 

From Shared Values to Lived Culture: Strengthening Inclusion, Integrity and Respect

Strategies to help primary students understand and apply inclusion, integrity and respect.

Chris McKenzie

Year 10 Coordinator, Mamre Anglican School

The Peer Support Program empowers Year 10 students. It helps them to step up and be leaders in the world today.

Kiera Borg

Learning and Support Teacher, Oxley Park Public School

We have found enjoyment from Peer Support comes from all students across the school – not just our leaders, our students with additional needs, everyone.

Javier

Peer Leader (Year 10), Mamre Anglican School

I was able to help some Year 7s [build] confidence, and build connections with other students. It’s important for me to try to help them be better, because I know what I was like in Year 7, and I wasn’t the best to be honest.