The figures come from charity Child Bereavement UK, which helps schools to support pupils who are bereaved or to handle situations when a death affects the whole school.
One study found that 92 per cent of young people will experience a “significant bereavement” before the age of 16.
However, despite this, figures from the charity show that 80 per cent of teachers have never received any kind of training around this issue.
The charity’s bid to train education staff has now been boosted by a £15,000 grant from the UPS Foundation, which will help more than 1,000 teachers to access its e-learning programme.
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