Commons hears call for nationwide measurement of children’s wellbeing in schools
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Lengthy report also suggested that impact of school behaviour policies on children's wellbeing should be tested.
A campaign appears to be gathering pace for a national system for measuring children’s wellbeing at schools across England, amid concerns that the UK’s teenagers have been identified as the unhappiest in Europe.
On Monday, as the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill returned to the House of Commons, the Liberal Democrats re-iterated calls for a “national children and young people’s wellbeing measurement programme”.
An amendment was put forward to the bill by Munira Wilson, the party’s education spokesperson, which would see the government required to “conduct a national survey on the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in relevant schools in England”. The survey would see results published and data provided “for the purposes of improving children and young people’s wellbeing”.
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By Warwick Mansell for EDUCATION UNCOVERED
Published: 19 March 2025
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