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Student Mental Health is Causing a Rise of Absences in England

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Balancing Mental Health and Education

Headmasters in England are reporting that mental health is causing a rise in absences in schools. Children missing more school due to anxiety and mental health issues since the Covid pandemic with nearly nine out of ten headteachers reporting an increase in mental health absences. Patricia Wu and Jessica Reyes break down the phenomenon with guest, René Brent.

Reasoning Behind the Trend

Some factors contributing to this are parents keeping children home due to anxieties and a lack of access to general practitioners. The Department for Education (DfE) plans to raise fines on parents for taking their children out of school, but headteachers believe this will have no effect.

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