Make ‘Mental Health Studies’ a separate subject in the National Curriculum

We’re calling on the Government to add a new subject ‘Mental Health Studies’ and give this the same status as Physical Education in both primary and Secondary schools.

This petition closed on 21 Dec 2022 with 1,572 signatures


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The Government’s COVID-19 mental health and wellbeing surveillance report says:

‘Evidence suggests that some children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing has been substantially impacted during the pandemic.’

Modules could include;
Mindfulness
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