Just when you thought there couldn’t be any more tests to teach to, another one comes clanking down the tracks. The WellBeing Test. It will measure “Unwell Being”.
There’s a lot of it about. A recent Action for Children’s survey finds that one in three young people between 13 and 15 are struggling with mental and emotional wellbeing.
The prime minister is on the case. Children from the age of four will be given an annual “wellbeing test”. By whom? You, of course. You’ll be trained up and rolled out and on stream by 2020.
What are the psycho-analytical criteria for this test? Donald Winnicott, Melanie Klein, Alice Miller? It would seem not. We don’t want experts anymore.
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