Year Level Dashboard
Purpose
The Year Level Dashboard gives school leaders and wellbeing staff a cohort-wide view of student wellbeing and social dynamics across the entire year group. Rather than focusing on a single student, this page aggregates data from all survey responses to reveal the overall health of the cohort — surfacing patterns, strengths, and areas of concern that may not be visible when looking at students individually.
This is the right page to start with when you first open the report. It answers the fundamental question: How is this year group doing as a whole?
Use this page to:
- Assess year-level wellbeing scores across three domains.
- Explore how students are connected to one another through friendship, influence, and other relationship types.
- Identify students who are socially central — or socially isolated — within the cohort.
- Find students most nominated for friendship, disrespect, influence, or feedback.
- Look up a quick wellbeing summary for any individual student.
Page Layout
The page is divided into three panels arranged side by side:
- Left panel — Three wellbeing score gauges: Social Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing, and Academic Wellbeing.
- Centre panel — The Student Statistics network widget, showing social connections between students.
- Right panel — The Key Student Top Connections table and the Student Information summary panel.
Left Panel — Wellbeing Score Gauges
The left panel displays three circular gauge charts, one for each wellbeing domain. Each gauge shows a percentage score representing the overall wellbeing level of the year group in that domain.
Reading the Gauges
The score shown in the centre of the gauge represents the year-level result. The colour of the arc gives an immediate visual signal:
- Green — The score is within a healthy range.
- Orange / Amber — The score is moderate and worth monitoring.
- Red — The score falls below the expected threshold, indicating a concern that warrants attention.
A score can also be negative (e.g., -20%), which indicates that the negative forces measured — such as disrespect — outweigh the positive ones, pulling the overall score below zero.
What Each Domain Measures
Social Wellbeing Hover over the ⓘ icon on the Social Wellbeing gauge to see: Social wellbeing is calculated on the relative presence of friendship relations and relative absence of disrespect relations from peers in their year level.
In plain terms: a high Social Wellbeing score means students are nominating each other as friends more than they are nominating each other for disrespect. A low or negative score means disrespect connections are disproportionately high relative to friendship connections.
Mental Wellbeing Hover over the ⓘ icon on the Mental Wellbeing gauge to see: Mental Wellbeing is measured using the internationally recognised Kessler K6 Psychological Distress Scale. Adjusted scores here range from 1 (low) – 10 (high). A score of 5.66 or less equates to mental distress (i.e., 18+ on the K6 scale).
A higher percentage score is better. A low percentage indicates that a significant portion of the cohort may be experiencing psychological distress. This score is not based on friendship or social connections — it comes directly from students' own responses to the K6 wellbeing questions in the survey.
Academic Wellbeing Hover over the ⓘ icon on the Academic Wellbeing gauge to see: Academic wellbeing is calculated based on a student's academic achievement, their mindset toward growth and improvement, and the extent to which they actively exchange constructive feedback with peers — especially from academically influential students.
Academic Wellbeing is different from academic achievement. A student with strong grades but a fixed mindset and limited peer learning engagement may still score low on Academic Wellbeing.
Show Details
Below each gauge, a Show Details → link is available. Clicking it expands that wellbeing panel to show a detailed breakdown — typically a table of students who fall into a concern category for that domain (for example, students needing social support).
The detail view shows a table with student names and relevant data. Click ← Back at the top of the panel to return to the gauge view.
Centre Panel — Student Statistics Network
The Student Statistics widget is the largest element on this page. It displays an interactive network diagram where each dot represents a student and the lines between them represent a relationship. The visual structure of the network reveals patterns that no table or list can show — which students are at the centre of the social web, which students are on the periphery, and which students are isolated.
Switching Between Relationship Types
Four tabs across the top of the widget let you view different types of relationships:
- Friendship — Lines connect students who nominated each other as friends. A dense, well-connected network indicates strong social cohesion. Isolated dots (students with no connections) may need pastoral attention.
- Disrespect — Lines connect students involved in disrespect nominations. The disrespect network typically looks very different from the friendship network — it tends to cluster around a smaller number of central nodes who are being nominated repeatedly. A high number of connections in this view is a concern.
- Influence — Lines connect students based on peer influence nominations. This view tends to show a hub-and-spoke pattern, with a small number of highly influential students connected to many others. These students matter — their attitudes and behaviours have an outsized effect on the cohort.
- Feedback — Lines connect students based on feedback relationships, showing who students turn to for learning support and constructive input.
Click a tab to switch the network to that view. The diagram, edge colours, statistics, and the legend all update to reflect the selected relationship type.
Network Statistics
A summary panel in the bottom-right of the network area displays three key statistics for the currently active relationship view:
- #Connections — The total number of relationship connections (edges) in the network.
- #Students — The total number of students included in the network.
- #Isolates — The number of students with no connections at all in this relationship type. A high isolate count in the Friendship view is a significant concern — these are students who are not part of any friendship group.
Group Nodes
Click Group Nodes in the top-left corner of the network to colour-code students by a grouping category. A dropdown appears with the following options:
- (No grouping) — All student nodes appear in the default colour.
- Friendship Group — Students are coloured by their algorithmically detected friendship cluster. This is one of the most insightful views available: it shows naturally forming social groups within the cohort, which may not align with classroom assignments. When this grouping is active, a Nodes legend appears in the bottom-left of the network identifying each group by colour.
- Classroom — Students are coloured by their class. The classroom legend appears at the bottom of the network (e.g., 7A, 7B, 7C). Use this view to check whether friendships and other relationships are forming across classes or staying within classroom boundaries.
To remove a grouping, click the ✕ next to the active group label.
Switching between Friendship Group and Classroom groupings on the Friendship tab is a powerful way to identify whether socially isolated students correspond to classroom compositions. If a cluster of isolates all come from the same class, that may signal a classroom-level concern.
Scale Nodes
Click Scale Nodes in the top-right corner of the network to resize student dots proportionally based on a selected metric. A dropdown appears with the following options:
| Option | What it shows |
|---|---|
| (No scaling) | All dots are the same size. |
| Achievement Score | Larger dots indicate higher academic achievement scores. |
| Mental Distress | Larger dots indicate higher levels of mental distress. Students who appear large in this view may need wellbeing support. |
| Life Satisfaction | Larger dots indicate higher life satisfaction scores. |
| #Friends | Larger dots indicate more friendship nominations received. |
| #Disrespectful | Larger dots indicate the student has shown more disrespect toward others. |
| #Disrespected | Larger dots indicate the student has received more disrespect from peers. |
| #Feedback | Larger dots indicate more feedback connections. |
| #Influence | Larger dots indicate higher influence within the cohort. |
Combining Group Nodes colouring with a Scale Nodes metric gives you a multi-dimensional view at a glance. For example, applying Friendship Group colouring and Mental Distress scaling simultaneously shows which friendship clusters contain students with the highest distress levels.
Network Controls
Three buttons appear at the bottom-left corner of the network widget:
- Fit Network (first button) — Recentres the network diagram and resets the zoom to the default view. Use this if the diagram has shifted after you scrolled or panned inside the network area.
- Fullscreen (second button) — Opens the network in full screen for a larger, clearer view. Press Esc or click the button again to exit.
- Toggle Labels (third button) — Shows or hides the student name labels next to each node. With a large cohort, hiding labels makes the overall network structure easier to read. Turn labels on when you want to identify specific students.
Edge Legend
At the bottom of the network, a legend identifies the type of relationship shown as lines in the current view — for example, → Friends on the Friendship tab, or → Disrespect on the Disrespect tab. This is a visual reference confirming which relationship type you are currently viewing.
Right Panel — Key Student Top Connections
The Key Student Top Connections table ranks the top 10 students for a selected connection type. This provides a quick way to identify the most socially prominent students in the cohort for any given relationship dimension.
Selecting a Ranking
Click the dropdown at the top of the panel to choose the ranking type:
| Option | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Friend Top 10 | Students who received the most friendship nominations from peers. |
| Disrespectful Top 10 | Students who nominated the most peers for disrespect — showing the most disrespectful behaviour. |
| Disrespected Top 10 | Students who received the most disrespect nominations — potential targets of bullying or exclusion. |
| Influential Top 10 | Students who received the most influence nominations — their views carry the most social weight. |
| Disrespectful Influencers Top 10 | Students who combine high influence with disrespectful behaviour — the highest risk to cohort culture. |
| Feedback Top 10 | Students who provided the most constructive feedback to peers — key contributors to peer learning. |
The table displays student names alongside their nomination count. The column header changes to reflect the metric shown (e.g., # Nominations, Disrespectful to # others, Disrespected by).
Students appearing in the Disrespected Top 10 may be experiencing bullying or targeted social exclusion. Cross-reference these students with the Student Dashboard and Action Dashboard for a fuller picture before deciding on a response.
Right Panel — Student Information
The Student Information panel provides a quick wellbeing summary for any individual student in the cohort without needing to leave this page.
Navigating Between Students
The student navigator at the top of the panel shows the current student's name and survey status (e.g., Survey Completed). Use the following controls:
- Click › to move to the next student.
- Click ‹ to return to the previous student.
- Click the 🔍 search icon to open a full student list. Scroll through the list or start typing a name to locate a specific student quickly.
What the Panel Shows
For the selected student, the panel displays four wellbeing indicators. Hover over the ⓘ icon next to any indicator for its full definition:
| Indicator | What it means |
|---|---|
| Social Wellbeing | Measured based on friendships (+) and disrespect (−) among peers, out of 10. |
| Mental Wellbeing | Measured using the Kessler K6 Psychological Distress Scale. Scores range from 1 (low) to 10 (high). A score of 5.66 or less indicates mental distress. |
| Academic Wellbeing | Calculated on the basis of achievement scores, growth mindset, and peer learning support. Scores range from 1 (low) to 10 (high). Different from academic achievement. |
| Life Satisfaction | The student's own rating of overall happiness and life satisfaction. Scores range from 0 (completely dissatisfied) to 10 (completely satisfied). Displayed as a label: Happy, Neutral, or Unhappy. |
Values are colour-coded:
- Green — A positive or healthy result.
- Red / Low / Unhappy — A result indicating concern.
- Dash (—) — No data available for this student in this domain.
How to Use This Page
The Year Level Dashboard is most useful as a starting point and a triage tool. Here is a practical approach:
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Check the three wellbeing gauges first. Identify which domains are showing red or low scores. This tells you where the cohort needs the most attention before you look at anything else.
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Open Show Details for any concerning domain to see which students are contributing to that low score.
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Switch to the Disrespect tab on the network. A sparse disrespect network is a healthy sign. A dense network — especially one with clear central nodes — signals a pattern that needs follow-up.
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Check the Disrespected Top 10. Students at the top of this list may be experiencing the most harm and should be prioritised for pastoral review.
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Check the Disrespectful Influencers Top 10. These students have the greatest capacity to shape cohort culture negatively. Engaging them proactively — through mentoring, positive responsibility, or direct support — can have a disproportionate positive effect on the rest of the cohort.
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Use the Student Information panel to quickly check a student's wellbeing summary before deciding whether to go to their full profile on the Student Dashboard.