The Children’s Society and Carers Trust, who jointly run the Young Carers in Schools initiative, have produced a guide for school staff to enable them to help young carers.
It covers four main areas including how to identify and safeguard young carers; how to support attendance; how to encourage and improve attainment and how to increase their wellbeing.
The guidance comes at a time when many young carers are coming back to the classroom for the first time for six months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Research by Carers Trust into the impact of the crisis on young carers found that 40 per cent of young carers aged 12 to 17 said their mental health was worse as a result of coronavirus and 66 per cent of young carers aged 12 to 17 felt more stressed as a result of the crisis.
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