Almost half (46 per cent) of 11- to 18-year-olds are concerned about the impact of returning to education on their mental health, new research by Time to Change, run by charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, has found.
A separate survey by YMCA England and Wales found that 54 per cent of respondents, aged 11 to 16, were concerned about falling behind in school after months of closures.
The figure rises among age groups entering exam years with three-quarters (75 per cent) of 15-year-olds and 61 per cent of 16-year-olds saying they were concerned about falling behind.
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