An annual debate, hosted by charity YoungMinds, will explore whether regular testing and increasing pressure to succeed is damaging children’s mental health.
Sarah Brennan, chief executive of YoungMinds, said: "Young people constantly tell us of the pressures they experience at school to succeed and how constant testing makes them feel pressurised and anxious.
"The increase in the number of calls to our parent’s helpline this year about exam stress also demonstrates the difficulties we are creating for young people in our school system.
"We have to address how this may be damaging children’s wellbeing and creating yet more mental health problems in a generation of young people already worried about dismal future job prospects."
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