Nearly half of all high school students feel like they don’t belong. Here’s why

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Almost half of high school students feel like they don’t belong at school, while girls are more likely to struggle than boys, surveys of more than 353,000 NSW public schoolchildren reveal.

The NSW Education Department has released eight years of data from Tell Them From Me surveys, which ask students about their sense of belonging at school, including if they feel included and accepted, and if they make friends easily.