Charity Antidote has spent four years charting the wellbeing of school pupils aged from nine to 18 as measured by their relationships with staff and each other. It found a significant dip in many aspects of wellbeing during school years 10 and 11. Young people's sense of inclusion dipped most significantly, with 77 per cent of children in Year 5 feeling included by teachers and peers, but only 46 per cent of those in Year 10 (aged 14 to 15).
James Park, director of Antidote, says a solution is to bring a youth work ethos into the classroom. "There is a need to focus on building communities in the classroom," he says.
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