Health and education chiefs want schools to be at the frontline of delivering an ambitious goal of building “a population of emotionally resilient” and “mentally healthy” children and young people.
Currently work is underway to pilot and shape Donaldson’s vision for the new curriculum in Wales, which will be called Successful Futures and is due to be rolled out from 2022.
But the government is clear that children will not be capable of achieving their full potential unless they are both emotionally literate and have good mental health.
This determination to tackle issues surrounding mental health comes amid a series of reports on the increase in self-harming of young people, a shortage of local services, and expert analysis which in some cases estimates that up to one in 10 young people in the UK have mental health issues.
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