Mental health

32,000 children wait at least 2 years for mental health treatment

Children's commissioner calls for early intervention as pupils wait 'significant portion of their young lives' for support

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Mental health

Mental health: Four-week CAMHS wait pledge up in the air

Consultation on plans warned of 'unintended consequences'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Mental health

Child mental health support pledge looks in doubt

Presentation seen by Schools Week shows a key pledge was a third below target with just five months to...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Mental health

Rural communities need targeted support with mental health

Government's desire for consistent provision can't become a barrier to meeting the specific mental health needs of rural communities,...

JL Dutaut
Dan Morrow
Mental health

Solutions to the mental health crisis can’t wait another day

A second report from the Coalition for Youth Mental Health in Schools shows rues a lack of progress and...

JL Dutaut
Erin Docherty and Gavin English
Mental health

Create school ‘wellbeing supervisors’ network, says coalition of leaders

Vulnerable students 'still being let down' by mental health support and insufficient availability of care

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Mental health

‘Someone’s got to do it, so we’re doing it’

Schools are swapping English and maths for lessons in wellbeing, running interventions akin to those used for drug addicts...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Mental health

How local collaboration is helping us tackle the mental health crisis

West Yorkshire provides a perfect example of how a joined-up local response can beat the postcode lottery of mental...

JL Dutaut
Helen McGlinchey
Mental health

Heads unable to take up wellbeing support because of workload

Study evaluating government-funded service found overworked leaders couldn't find free hour

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson