Research linking character and resilience with performing well at school and beyond has become "sufficiently compelling that policy makers must act", the all-party parliamentary group on social mobility said last year.
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan was quick to pick up the mantle, announcing soon after being appointed in July 2014 that she wanted England to become a global leader in teaching character in order to prepare pupils to "lead tomorrow's Britain".
Since then, the Department for Education has introduced its own character awards to recognise schools leading the way in embedding character skills into their teaching. Separately, earlier this month, it announced 14 schemes would share £3.5m to develop resilience programmes (see below).
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