The government wants to train young people to help them spot the signs of mental health problems and enable them to offer support to their peers.
A £1.5 million fund has been set-up by the Department for Education (DfE) to encourage the development of peer-to-peer support networks in schools.
The money will also be used to provide new online resources and workshops for both parents and young people to encourage conversations about mental health, education secretary Nicky Morgan has said.
A new advisory group is to be established to gather evidence from young people about their experiences and to work with schools that are already running successful peer-to-peer networks to help spread best practice.
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