Schools should get mental health teams in place to help students and staff cope with the pandemic fall out.

Key Highlights :

1. Schools are to be equipped with mental health teams to tackle fallout from lockdown.

2. Schools North East said the region’s pupils from long term disadvantaged backgrounds fared the worst during the pandemic.

3. Amidst rising levels of ill mental health, teachers and education professionals have called for additional support to deal with skyrocketing levels of self-harm, eating disorders, poor attendance and behaviour.

4. The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) has condemned the Government for the erosion of children's support services over the last decade, leaving schools to fill gaps.

5. Schools surveyed by the ASCL reported that they were providing additional mental health and counselling support, employing their own educational psychologists, and providing foodbanks and uniforms for children.

Schools in the North East are to be equipped with mental health teams to tackle fallout from lockdown, the Education Secretary vowed on a visit to Darlington College. This comes as Schools North East said the region’s pupils from long term disadvantaged backgrounds fared the worst during the pandemic. Amidst rising levels of ill mental health, teachers and education professionals have called for additional support to deal with skyrocketing levels of self-harm, eating disorders, poor attendance and behaviour.

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