Wellbeing

5 tips for schools on mental health support

Always refer and be flexible, charity says

Schools Week Reporter
Hannah Kinsey
Wellbeing

Speech and language therapists ‘completely booked out’

Demand for support is outstripping supply

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Wellbeing

The wasted millions: Parents use life insurance and savings to fight for SEND support

Councils say the system is under 'extreme stress'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Wellbeing

Collapsing mental health support pits parents against schools

Some parents reported for 'fabricating' mental illness

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Wellbeing

Revealed: The rising costs for schools of educational psychologists

Many councils that once provided services for free now charge, investigation finds

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Wellbeing

Thousands on waiting lists as trusts struggle to foot mental health bill

Schools have increasingly sought to fund more support themselves

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Schools

Councils cut primary school places as baby boom flattens

Pupil numbers are expected to fall by around 300,000 over the next five years

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Wellbeing

Special investigation: How collapsing mental health services are failing children

Four-month investigation reveals the devastating toll on families and schools

Samantha Booth
Jess Staufenberg and Samantha Booth
Wellbeing

Schools pick up the pieces as suicidal kids turned away from CAMHS

Teachers are told to 'keep them safe' as schools are left to 'plug the gap'

Samantha Booth
Jess Staufenberg and Samantha Booth