News

Mental health green paper will tackle risks of social media

A government green paper on children and young people’s mental health, tackling internet safety and the impact of social...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Five things to be positive on the future of children’s mental health

An eagerly anticipated green paper is just one of the opportunities on the horizon for improving mental health provision...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

May gives £67 per teacher for mental health training

A commitment to train secondary teachers to identify and deal with mental health problems in pupils will be funded...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

Stop talking about a mental health crisis in schools

The Department for Education has announced plans to run wellbeing trials in schools, but we should beware of too...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
News

Critics attack plans for school mindfulness trials

Mindfulness and relaxation are to be taught in schools as part of a government trial to combat teenage anxiety...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Pupils face ’40-week’ referral delays, and 4 other key points from first mental health inquiry

The first public session of a joint inquiry by the health and education committee was held today. Schools Week...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Staff offered therapy to manage work pressure

An alternative provision multi-academy trust has extended student therapeutic services to staff to help them to manage the challenges...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Educational psychologists stripped from schools

A decline in the number of educational psychologists working with schools has prompted calls for a shake-up of funding....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

We can see mentally ill pupils, but what do we do?

I once cried on the tube in London. Tears dripped down my face, an inconsolable stream barely contained by...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney