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According to The Independent, the government’s much-vaunted careers advice programme will fail to reach thousands of young people despite claims the most disadvantaged children in England will benefit, councils have warned.

In 2016 the then health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, declared child mental health services the “biggest single area of weakness” in the NHS. He might have added that it is also vastly underfunded.

More than 4 in 5 children and young people report being happy with their lives, as landmark new report on children’s wellbeing is published

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New government research into teenage mental health issues could unlock quicker diagnosis and better support from health facilities and schools.

Pastoral Support Officer Jaime Traynor and tootoot Co-Founder Michael Brennan discusses how tootoot supports pupil mental health

You don’t have to be an expert in mental health to support and talk to a young person about their mental health. The young person is the expert of their own mental health so let them educate you on how they feel.

As Pupil Voice Week is just a few days away, we thought we would give you a quick run-down of our favourite resources on offer this year

The findings, published by the Booktrust, come at a time of growing attention on children’s mental health and wellbeing.

Bullying behaviour often emerges in childhood, and the consequences for victims can last a lifetime. But what makes a child become a bully? BBC Future explores how bullying is changing it’s face.

How to spot warning signs amid UK crisis

Peter Andre, Pamela Anderson and Will Pouter are just some of the stars that have offered up their back to school advice in order to raise awareness for The Diana Award’s Anti-Bullying Programme #Back2School campaign.

Careers education is a whole-school responsibility – so Liz Painter has some short and long term suggestions for ways to contribute, whatever your role…

A return to school survey of more than 1,000 eight to 15-year-olds carried out for Barnardo's by YouGov showed that almost three in every 10 children worry about changing schools, class or teachers, and for 11-year-olds who are moving to secondary school this increases to more than half.

Parents say apprentices have better job prospects than graduates but also show a lack of faith in vocational qualifications.

Studies find the pressure to succeed at school has a significant impact on pupils' mental health

According to The Telegraph, more than half, (57 per) cent of children say they have been bullied at some point in their school lives, of which almost one in five (17 per cent) say it had made them feel suicidal.

Less than 10% of British teenagers meet the recommended guidelines for sleep, exercise and screen time, research has revealed.

The most recent survey in a series that began in the 1980s indicates just 16% of the pupils have ever smoked tobacco, down from 19% in 2016 and 49% in 1996. However, a quarter of the 13,000 pupils surveyed, from 193 schools across England, have tried drugs.

The findings come from the first major study to analyse how heavy social media use could potentially damage mental health.