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With record numbers of young people struggling with their mental health, our new report; ‘Disturbing currents: wellbeing and mental health of children in Wales’ shines a light on the numbers of young children that might be trying to hide their mental health struggles from their schools and teachers.   When we asked independent researchers to speak to more than 750 Welsh parents with children in primary and secondary schools, two thirds of them (68%) said they had concerns about the state of their children’s mental health.  These same parents also told us that over half of their school-age children (54%) go to great lengths to hide their feelings of unhappiness from others, and that a quarter (26%) of their children struggle with anxiety every two

The Power of Data in Education Today’s largest and most successful organisations use data to their advantage when making high-impact decisions. This can be even incredibly powerful in education, as we can incorporate data analytics into the decision-making process to promote and track student growth. However, so much crucial data within a school is untapped due to not having the required tools. Collecting and Analysing Data From attendance records, behavioural observations, positive recognition to academic results – there’s a world of data to unlock. This data can be especially influential in interpreting student progression and giving an insight to how we can further support this. It can allow us to: We can then use this evidence to understand exactly why trends are occurring, make

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, for which the Mental Health Foundation has set the theme of Loneliness. There is often an assumption that only elderly people experience loneliness. The stigma that this creates around the experience of loneliness leaves people, especially young students, ashamed and unwilling to admit that they are struggling. It has become increasingly present in the social conscience not only as a result of the pandemic, but as the world has become more immediately ‘connected’ than ever, that loneliness is becoming a serious issue in our collective mental wellbeing.  The Stats In 2018, The Good Childhood Index survey found that 45.4% of children aged 10-15 years old indicated that they felt lonely ‘often’ or ‘some of the time’. Children