The Class of 2011 Yearbook study also reveals that 10 young people in any typical class will have witnessed their parents separate by the age of 16, while three will live in a step family, seven will have been bullied and one will have experienced the death of a parent.
Off the back of the report, Relate is calling on government to introduce a statutory duty to provide counselling services in primary and secondary schools across England. Such a duty is currently being considered by the Scottish government and already exists in Wales and Northern Ireland.
Jenny North, head of public policy at Relate, said counselling in schools is vitally important to help children and young people work through their difficulties as early as possible and stop issues escalating into adulthood problems.
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