For Educators

Children have the right to live a full life. Children should be protected from any activities that could harm their development.

Schools currently using Stymie report that

Stymie empowers students to #saysomething and ask for help, creating the first critical step to healing or preventing harm.

Stymie has proactively let schools know about incidents before they have happened.

Stymie has significantly and proactively reduced the number of incidents of harm in their schools.

Stymie has provided a safe mechanism for youth to report issues that are concerning them and reach out for help on behalf of their peers or themselves.

Stymie has enabled schools to identify students who need support but have been able to stay ‘under the radar’.

Stymie increases school attendance rates.

Internationally, schools are receiving Stymie notifications about suicide ideation, illegal activity, depression, anxiety, family violence, self-harm, bullying and cyberbullying, planned fights and other covert behaviours.

Why Stymie?

Adhere to Government wellbeing guidelines

In Australia (Australian Student Wellbeing Framework) and New Zealand (National Administration Guidelines), it is the mandated responsibility of all schools to provide a safe physical and emotional environment so that young people can reach their aspirations in learning and in life.

Social & Emotional Wellbeing

The Productivity Commission has called for the social and emotional wellbeing of school children to be a national priority, stating that “Schools should have a clearly defined role in supporting the social and emotional wellbeing of students, with effective pathways to care.”

Evidence when you need it

Stymie notifications provide supportive evidence for investigations into incidents of harm. To date, this evidence has been used by police, allied health, outside agencies and schools to find the right type of support for young people.

Child Safe Standards

There are 10 Child Safe Standards. Stymie delivers on Standard 1 Child Safety and wellbeing embedded in leadership, governance and culture. Standard 2 Children are informed about their rights, participate in decisions affecting them and are taken seriously. Standard 3 Families and communities informed and promote child safety and wellbeing. Standard 6 Processes to respond to complaints of child abuse are child focused. Standard 8 Physical and online environments promote safety and wellbeing and minimise the opportunity for children to be harmed.

Co-Designed with students and Educators

Our Founder has worked in the education system for 26 years. Stymie is simple to use and has been built with the school information channel in mind. Every year, Stymie involves both students and educators in the review, assessment and improvement of the Stymie technology and service.

Support and Implementation

Stymie sits outside of an organisation’s IT ecosystem, so there is no need to install or align any student management systems with the Stymie technology. Set up takes less than 15 minutes and a real human will support you through it!

Registering as a Stymie school

Onboarding

Upon registering as a Stymie school, we will assist you in setting up the notification system. You are able to choose how the Stymie notifications (emails) are categorised and you are then able to choose to whom they are sent. For example, Year 9 notifications will be sent to Mr Partridge, and Year 10 notifications to Mrs Green.

Your Stymie launch day

A non-negotiable part of using Stymie in your community is a launch day. The onboarding process involves a Stymie Facilitator coming to your school; they will deliver 20-minute presentations to Primary students, 40-minute presentations to Secondary students and an essential staff PD.