School staff need help tackling child mental health as anxiety among students rises
Teachers are seeing increasing levels of anxiety and a rise in mental health problems among their students but lack the training and time to support young people.
Eighty two per cent of teachers are seeing anxious pupils and the worsening of existing mental health problems, compared to just one year ago, according to a survey [...]
Mental health services for young people ‘buckling under pressure’
The system for supporting children and young people with mental health problems is “buckling under pressure”, the former children’s commissioner has warned.
Anne Longfield, chair Commission for Young LivesThe Commission on Young Lives, chaired by Anne Longfield, alongside the leading thinktank Centre for Mental Health, and the Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition has [...]
Report urges end to exclusions culture
Thousands of vulnerable children are falling through gaps in the education system, putting them at risk of low attainment, serious violence, county lines, criminal exploitation, grooming and harm, the Commission for Young Lives has warned.
The report calls for a new era of incentivising all schools to become more inclusive and makes a series of [...]
Cash-strapped authorities leave families navigating own problems with teens such as exploitation and gangs
A lack of support for families is placing young people at risk of criminal exploitation, county lines, gangs and violence, a report has warned.
The Commission on Young Lives report outlines how parents have told them that they have called the police and social services desperate for help, only to be told that no help [...]
Care system is ‘unfit for purpose’ says former children’s commissioner
The current care system is unfit for purpose and is handing over some vulnerable children to criminals and abusers rather than ensuring they are protected, the Commission on Young Lives has warned.
Vulnerable teenagers are moved away from their families and communities, are too frequently shipped from placement to placement and continue to be placed [...]
Former children’s commissioner raises fears for children at risk of criminal and sexual exploitation
Social workers identified 12,720 children in England as being at risk of criminal exploitation by gangs in 2020/21, new figures reveal.
The Department for Education statistics show 12,720 children assessed by children's social services in England between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021 were deemed to be at risk due to gang involvement. The [...]
