In the survey of around 4,000 teachers, 28 per cent who teach at schools judged as “good”, “requires improvement”, or “inadequate” said that they had received training, in comparison with 49 per cent from schools deemed “outstanding”.
Across all respondents, a total of 41 per cent of secondary school teachers had received mental health training in the 2021/22 academic year, compared with 35 per cent the previous year.
These figures are particularly potent in the context of the current crisis in young people’s mental health following the impact of national lockdowns, according to the study.
It also notes that 82 per cent of teachers said that they had noticed an increase in anxiety and depressive symptoms among their students in the past 12 months.
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