Mental Health & Wellbeing

On Tuesday the Education Committee will question His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver, as part of its twice-yearly scrutiny of Ofsted, focusing on the watchdog’s progress over the past year.

Strict school dress codes can affect self-esteem, academic warns

As the weather gets warmer and term draws to a close, students are throwing off their blazers and rolling down their socks – but are rigid school uniform policies affecting students' wellbeing?

Colour-coded Ofsted ratings ‘put teachers at risk’

Ofsted’s new colour-coded school report cards are putting teachers at risk, a report has found.

Girls as young as 9 feel pressured to lead ‘perfect lives’ with ‘boyfriend and good skin’ due to influencers

Children as young as nine have said they feel pressure to lead “perfect lives” due to influencers on social media, researchers have warned.

Mental health teams face ‘moral dilemma’ on who to help, experts warn

Teams set up provide early help for pupils’ mental health issues face a “moral dilemma” on whether to support youngsters with more severe needs, experts warned MPs.

Fears over target for mental health teams in all schools

MPs hear it will take a ‘heroic effort’ for the government to meet its target of 100 per cent of schools being covered by 2030 – and that strict behaviour policies risk ‘punishing’ pupils for mental health issues.

On Tuesday, the Education Committee and Health and Social Care Committee will examine the government’s progress in improving mental health support in schools and colleges.

Statistics anxiety encompasses a range of emotional, behavioural and cognitive symptoms when engaging with statistics (Onwuegbuzie & Wilson, 2003), but mainly can be conceptualised as intense negative feelings towards statistics.

Nearly six million children and young people can now access mental health support in their school or college – giving them the tools and resilience they need to stay in education and thrive as adults.

Post-16 students trail schools in mental health teams rollout

Fewer than half of post-16 students are covered by the government’s mental health support teams, despite ministers today claiming they are on track to roll out the service to every school and college by 2029.

Commissioner calls for quicker roll out of mental health support teams in schools

The creation of mental health support teams (MHST) in schools is too slow and ministers must do more to speed up their roll out, Children’s Commissioner for England Dame Rachel de Souza has told MPs.

In the first evidence session of this inquiry, MPs will consider the causes of growing levels of need over recent years for mental health services among children and young people.

Major reforms are reshaping education, but they are arriving at a time when many teachers and school leaders are already under significant pressure. Education Support's Director of Communications and Public Affairs, Gemma Scotcher, explores why workforce wellbeing must be...

The Education and Health and Social Care committees have launched a survey to capture the individual experiences of young adults who have received mental health services.

New changes likely again to Wales' GCSEs after burnout concerns

Significant changes are likely to Wales' new English language and literature GCSE - just nine months after it was introduced.

Teachers at Llantwit Major High School are speaking out following a contentious email sent to parents by the school’s headteacher. NASUWT has been taking industrial action at Llantwit Major High School since March over concerns about teachers’ welfare and workload.

A new in-depth report from the Nuffield Foundation offers a focussed perspective on journeys through mental health support available to young people, as they navigate the challenging transition from childhood to adulthood.

Gareth Southgate: We need to teach boys differently to girls to get best out of them

The way boys are taught in schools should be changed to take account of their "fundamental differences" to girls, Sir Gareth Southgate has said.

School absence: Study urges focus on wider wellbeing factors

Lower life-satisfaction is associated with decreased school attendance suggesting a need to place wider wellbeing measures at the heart of efforts to address persistent absence.

Life satisfaction levels closely linked to school absence rates, study shows

Pupils that miss school, including those that are persistently absent, are more likely to experience low levels of satisfaction with their life, research shows.

MPs quiz Ofsted Chief Inspector on teacher wellbeing

Strict school dress codes can affect self-esteem, academic warns

Colour-coded Ofsted ratings ‘put teachers at risk’

Girls as young as 9 feel pressured to lead ‘perfect lives’ with ‘boyfriend and good skin’ due to influencers

Mental health teams face ‘moral dilemma’ on who to help, experts warn

Fears over target for mental health teams in all schools

What challenges do schools and colleges face in providing mental health support for students? MPs investigate

Co-producing research with students: Exploring the impact of statistics anxiety in higher education

Record numbers of children with mental health support in schools

Post-16 students trail schools in mental health teams rollout

Commissioner calls for quicker roll out of mental health support teams in schools

Children and young people’s mental health: committees announce first evidence session

Education system reform will only succeed if the workforce is well

Children and young people’s mental health: committees launch survey and announce first evidence session

New changes likely again to Wales' GCSEs after burnout concerns

Glamorgan teachers speak out

Young people struggling with ‘higgledy piggledy’ mental health services when they need help more than ever

Gareth Southgate: We need to teach boys differently to girls to get best out of them

School absence: Study urges focus on wider wellbeing factors

Life satisfaction levels closely linked to school absence rates, study shows