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Just 5 per cent of vulnerable children were attending school on Friday 17 April, according to figures published by the Department for Education.

Around 84,000 children attended an educational establishment on Friday 17 April, representing 0.9% of pupils who normally attend. Of those, 24,000 of the children in attendance were classed by schools as vulnerable, down [...]

Secluding, restraining and excluding children in schools can exacerbate behavioural difficulties in children who have experienced trauma, the Centre for Mental Health has warned.
Using restrictive interventions in schools can make the problems staff are trying to resolve worse and create a vicious circle of trauma, challenging behaviour, restriction and psychological harm, the centre warns [...]

New guidance supporting schools how to teach pupils about mental health has been launched by the Department for Education.

Education secretary Damian Hinds said the guidance will mean that from September 2020 all children in England will learn in schools how to look after their mental wellbeing with a focus on the link between physical and [...]

The number of referrals being made to mental health services by schools has risen by a third, according to the NSPCC.

A Freedom of Information request by the children’s charity found that 123,713 referrals were made by schools seeking professional mental health support between 2014/15 and 2017/18. It showed that 56% of referrals were made by [...]

The Local Government Association is urging funding for all schools to provide mental health counselling for pupils.

Every secondary school in the country should be provided with funding to enable them to provide independent mental health counselling to all pupils, says the LGA, raising fears that children and young people are being forced to wait up [...]