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What's the problem?

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Schools should prepare us for life, not just exams. However, in many schools, even when prizes are given for effort and progress, some students feel that ‘this counts for nothing’ if they still don’t manage to fit the A*- C box. This exam factory environment is making us feel stressed out.&

For some of us it is even harder at school because we are caring for family members at home, we aren’t well ourselves, we are being bullied or we have learning problems.

This means school stress combined with our own problems can lead to low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, eating disorders and self-harm.

We want our experience at school to equip us to deal with all the stresses of growing up, and help us to be strong for our future life as well as for our academic work.

This means the whole school needs to be involved in supporting pupils’ wellbeing, from the cleaner to the headteacher.

What does YoungMinds Vs School Stress want?

 

  • We want our experience at school to equip us to deal with all the stresses of growing up, and help us to be strong for our future life as well as for our academic work. This means the whole school needs to be involved in supporting pupils’ wellbeing, from the cleaner to the headteacher.
  • We want Personal, Social, Health and Economic education (PSHE) lessons to be prioritised and taught by teachers who are experts in understanding how to build the emotional strength of young people.
  • We want Ofsted to ensure that there is a focus on pupil wellbeing when assessing the quality of education.
  • We want developing emotional wellbeing to be incorporated into the National Curriculum.
  • We want schools to provide more support to young people who are suffering stress, anxiety and depression, including access to counselling.

Find out what you can do: YoungMinds Vs School Stress - Rewrite the rules (pdf).

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