A survey of school leaders, published by education union NAHT and children’s mental health charity Place2Be, found that the number of schools commissioning professional help for children’s mental health issues rose from 36 per cent in 2016 to 66 per cent last year.
Meanwhile, 74 per cent of school leaders said the majority of their staff are "confident" at recognising the signs of mental health problems among children and young people compared with 61 per cent in 2017.
However, just four per cent said that local child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) respond quickly to requests for support, with five per cent agreeing that children referred to CAMHS get help when they need it.
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