Submitted on Friday 21st May 2021
Rejected on Friday 28th May 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Make learning about Mental Health part of the national curriculum
Provide teachers with broader vocational qualifications and amend the curriculum to support children in developing skills beyond the provisions of the current. This should be delivered effectively across all key stages of development - providing children with skills of resilience and awareness.
Equipping teachers with broader work-related skills in health and social care will contribute to breaking down barriers children often face within education. This is about investing in the minds of the future. Mental health problems among children aged 5-16 in England have risen from 1 in 10 to around 1 in 6 (NHS, 2021). Introducing this subject to the curriculum offers a broad reach of long-term benefits; bullying, cognitive development, service relief and, improved social mobility.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you want to see changes to how mental health is dealt with in schools, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
Education about physical health and mental wellbeing is already part of the Department for Education's statutory guidance on Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education, which forms part of the national curriculum: www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-personal-social-health-and-economic-pshe-and-relationships-and-sex-education-rse
The curriculum content on mental wellbeing includes how to recognise and talk about emotions, self-care techniques, and where and how to seek support.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Require all teachers and TAs to have basic mental health training: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/571704
Provide more funding to schools for mental health programmes: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/574673
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
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