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  • Student support handover at the end of the year
  • Early warning lists and leadership reports in schools
  • Collecting teacher observations for NCCD evidence
  • Student records governance: access, retention, audit

Student support handover at the end of the year

 Latest 17 October 2026 · 7 min read How to hand over student support between year levels: what to include, a Term 4 process that works, and how Descant's handover PDF helps. Read →

  1. Early warning lists and leadership reports in schools

     17 October 2026 · 6 min read Build a short early-warning list from signals your team already records, keep actions moving, and report to leaders without naming students. Read →

  2. Collecting teacher observations for NCCD evidence

     17 October 2026 · 6 min read How to gather specific, dated, attributed teacher observations for NCCD evidence, and how Descant's educator portal makes it quick. Read →

  3. Student records governance: access, retention, audit

     17 October 2026 · 6 min read Access logs, retention schedules, legal holds, disposal approval and privacy incidents: a practical guide to governing student support records. Read →

  4. Student wellbeing check-ins: a practical school guide

     17 October 2026 · 6 min read Design short wellbeing check-ins students will use, agree response rules for flags and 'wants to talk', and record every follow-up. Read →

  5. Leadership Analytics: KPIs, Staff Utilisation, and Wellbeing Trends for School Leaders

     17 April 2026 · 6 min read School leaders need visibility into student support activity without reading every case note. The Reports page shows referral volumes, response times, staff caseloads, year-level trends, support tiers and closure outcomes — with de-identified downloads for board reports and accreditation. Read →

  6. SSG Meetings: Agenda, Attendance, and Action Tracking for School Wellbeing Teams

     16 April 2026 · 6 min read Student Support Group meetings are the backbone of multi-disciplinary student support — but the admin overhead of agendas, minutes, and action tracking often falls on already-stretched wellbeing staff. Descant automates the structure so you can focus on the discussion. Read →

  7. School Consent Forms: Digital Signing and State-by-State Compliance

     14 April 2026 · 8 min read What a school wellbeing consent form should cover in each Australian state and territory, and how digital parent consent works: emailed consent links, more than one guardian, a typed-name declaration and a signed PDF on the student's record. Designed for Australian school wellbeing teams. Read →

  8. MTSS in Descant: Tiered Support Documentation for Australian Schools

     11 April 2026 · 6 min read Document student support across MTSS tiers — universal (Tier 1), targeted (Tier 2), and intensive (Tier 3) — with structured referral tracking, intervention documentation, and a dated tier history that sits alongside support plans, NCCD evidence and SSG meeting workflows. Read →

  9. IEP Tracking for Australian Schools — NCCD-Aligned, Built for Wellbeing Teams

     31 March 2026 · 8 min read Track Individual Education Plans with NCCD-aligned categories, state-specific plan types, SMART goals with term-based progress, reasonable adjustments, review sign-off and NCCD evidence pack PDFs — all inside the same platform where your wellbeing team already manages referrals and case notes. Read →

  10. Best AI Documentation for School Wellbeing Teams in Australia (2026 Guide)

     22 March 2026 · 8 min read Comparing AI documentation tools for Australian school counsellors, psychologists, wellbeing officers, and student support teams. Mandatory reporting, NCCD evidence, and privacy compliance compared. Read →

  11. Student Support Platform for Australian Schools: Referrals, Case Notes, and NCCD Tracking in One System

     10 March 2026 · 9 min read Australian schools juggle referrals, case notes, consent forms, and NCCD evidence across spreadsheets, paper forms, and disconnected systems. Here's how a purpose-built student support platform brings it all together for counsellors, psychologists, wellbeing officers, and school leadership. Read →

  12. AI Tools for School Psychologists in Australia

     28 January 2026 · 8 min read AI documentation tools can save school psychologists hours each week — not by administering assessments, but by structuring dictated observations, assessment results, and consultation notes into professional reports. Read →

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