Pupils: Health

(asked on 26th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to (a) collect data on the wellbeing of every primary and secondary school in England and Wales and (b) publish that data in a wellbeing league table.


Answered by
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Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 4th March 2019

The Department has no plans to collect or publish school-level data on the wellbeing of pupils in primary and secondary schools in England. Education is a devolved matter; it is for the National Assembly to decide on policy for schools in Wales.

In October 2018, my right hon Friend, the Prime Minister made a commitment that the Government will publish a ‘State of the Nation’ report every year on World Mental Health Day, which will highlight the trends and issues in young people’s wellbeing. The first of these will be published in October this year.

The Government also plans to provide schools with tools later this year to help schools measure their students’ health, including their mental wellbeing, building on the commitment to make education in mental health a compulsory part of the curriculum. The tools are intended to be used voluntarily by schools and will not include a requirement to report back to the Government.

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