It comes after new research revealed that teachers would welcome a duty for schools to promote wellbeing.
The same survey has found that a majority of parents prioritise wellbeing over exam results when choosing a school for their children.
The findings have been published to mark the Wise Up campaign that has been launched by mental health charity YoungMinds alongside the National Children’s Bureau.
The campaign is calling for the government to rebalance the education system by:
The survey of more than 800 UK teachers and more than 1,000 parents found that 73 per cent of parents would choose a school where children are happy even if previous exam results have not been good. And 92 per cent of parents think that schools have a duty to support the wellbeing and mental health of students.
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