Schools across the UK are dealing with a mental health epidemic, with both primary and secondary school leaders reporting a rise in stress, anxiety and panic attacks in their pupils as well as depression, self-harm and eating disorders.
NHS figures last month confirmed that around one in eight young people aged five to 19 now have a mental health disorder of some kind. And in 2017, 98 per cent of teachers and school leaders came into contact with pupils they believed were experiencing mental health problems, according to NASUWT research.
With children spending 190 days at school per year, teachers are in a prime position to provide much-needed support to pupils with mild to moderate mental health problems.
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