Rise in child mental health demand prompts call to speed up school support reforms The proportion of children whose referrals closed before treatment has increased for the first time in five years
Evidence not needed for short mental health absence, says DfE Government says GPs are ‘unlikely to be able to offer such evidence to support one-off absences related to mental health’
Free wellbeing service for heads extended for another year Contracted charity say heads feel they are too busy to access support or want to help others before themselves
Just one in ten schools signs up to DfE wellbeing charter Unions say ministers need to go ‘way beyond a simple charter’ to create a ‘long-term culture’ change
Government has ‘not grasped’ child mental health service ‘crisis’ Lords are ‘deeply concerned’ at the state of children and adolescent mental health provision
Mental health: How schools are dealing with the ‘new normal’ Headteachers ‘pray’ the next tragedy is not one of their students
Seven things you need to know about children’s mental health One in four 17 to 19-year-olds have a probable mental health disorder, finds NHS survey
Three-quarters of school staff stressed, report warns Senior leaders were more likely to report feeling stressed, with more than four in five doing so
Third of headteachers actively looking to leave education sector Heads support service ‘sadly unsurprised’ by new report on teacher wellbeing