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19 April 2026

Tag: mental health

MPs to hold inquiry into school mental health support plans

The government’s proposals for additional mental health support for school pupils are to be scrutinised in an inquiry by MPs. The parliamentary education and health committees will hold a joint inquiry into the plans set out in the government’s green paper earlier this month. The committee will begin holding hearings in January. Under proposals set […]

School leaders lack time to vet mental health services, CQC warns

The majority of primary and secondary schools offer counselling to support children’s mental wellbeing, but school leaders lack the time to properly vet the services they commission. A review of children and young people’s mental health services published today by the Care Quality Commission, the regulator of health and social care in England, found that […]

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 media, will be published before Christmas. In a response to a joint report on education and mental health from the education and health committees, the government today said it was “committed to the publication of a […]

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 for young people, according to a national children’s charity. Matthew Dodd, the principal education officer at the National Children’s Bureau, has laid out his top five reasons to be positive about the future of children’s mental […]

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 by the government at a rate of just £67 per head. Funding totalling £200,000 has been allocated by the prime minister Theresa May for the first round of mental health “first aid” training, which the government […]

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 much talk of a “mental health crisis”’ in schools or it risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophesy, says Helene Guldberg If young people are repeatedly told they have a disorder when they face challenging emotions and experiences, […]

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 and to promote child happiness. But critics say the experiments will push pupils to see everyday feelings as mental health problems. The Department for Education (DfE) released plans for randomised control trials last week of two […]

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 and pressures of their work. Speaking at the WomenEd unconference event in London on Saturday, Sarah Hardy (pictured), executive head of the TBAP Teaching School Alliance, explained how the programme, which began in September, benefits staff. […]