All primary school pupils and most secondary school pupils, dependent on different settings’ approach to phased reopening, will return to classrooms on Monday (8 March).
Ahead of the reopening, which has been described by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson as an “enormous victory”, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has vowed that “millions more children and young people will have access to significantly expanded mental health services”.
The funding, which is part of a £500m boost to all mental health services announced in the autumn Spending Review, will see mental health teams in schools grow from 59 to 200 by April 2023, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.
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