More than a quarter of a million children and young people are still waiting for mental health support after being referred to Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (CYPMHS) last year.
A survey by mental health charity Mind has shown that almost two in five (38 per cent) of all pupils said they wouldn’t know where to go to access support within school.
The Tutor House survey of former teachers found that three quarters (75%) became a tutor because it’s less stressful, and that nearly all (95%) said they would never return to teaching.
Depression from senior leaders has risen from 25% in 2017 to 40% in 2018, according to the Education Support Partnership's Teacher Wellbeing Index 2018