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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jamie Grierson

‘Much-needed grit’ to be fostered in England’s schoolchildren, say ministers

Pupils in a secondary school classroom.
Teachers will be helped to identify which children need extra help with their mental health. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Schoolchildren will be helped to develop “much-needed grit” for life beyond school with increased mental health support, the education and health secretaries have said.

Writing in the Telegraph, Bridget Phillipson and Wes Streeting said they would expand mental health support in schools to nearly 1 million extra children in England.

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