CYP Now - Prevent exclusions with better emotional health tools, urges charity

A charity is calling for teachers to be equipped with better tools to boost pupil wellbeing after a study found one in three pupils suffering with a moderate or severe level of social, emotional and mental health need.

The claim is made by wellbeing charity Nurture UK, which commissioned research with more than 6,800 children in 25 primary schools in England.

Its report, Now You See Us, published today, claims that children's insecurities are often well hidden and need addressing, to prevent escalation into more complex mental health problems.

It acknowledges that schools do understand the link between attainment and wellbeing, and underlying social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH).

Schools also want to support pupils, it claims, but systematic assessments are not being carried out to identify needs among pupils.
It says that more than 80 per cent of schools rely on "ad hoc identification" to pinpoint mental health difficulties, and only 15 per cent carried out universal screening of all pupils to identify those with particular issues.

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