A survey of more than 10,000 school and college staff conducted by the National Education Union found that 62 per cent believe government is treating the poor mental health of young people as a low priority.
This is despite 78 per cent of respondents reporting that mental health issues among children and young people have increased in past year, with 34 per cent saying they had “increased greatly”.
Two thirds (66 per cent) of respondents said political pressure to prioritise “catch up” is at the expense of supporting students with mental health issues.
Schools were initially closed from late March 2020 until September 2020 due to restrictions designed to limit the spread of coronavirus, and then again from early January 2021 until 8 March – a total of around eight months.
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