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School counsellors provide the help teachers need to support growing numbers of children with emotional and mental health needs who would otherwise fly under CAMHS’ radar, writes the former mental health tsar

So often people speak in disparaging terms about single-sex education, but my experience of attending an all-girls’ school was an overwhelmingly positive one, writes the former mental health tsar

I cannot perpetuate what have seemingly become the prevailing ‘values’ of our society in 2016, writes the former Department for Education mental health tsar

Pupils need to be taught to challenge their preconceived ideas – and this is particularly true in the case of sex and relationship education, writes the former Department for Education mental health tsar

Research might suggest that the children of “working mums” do better at school, but there are negatives consequences, too – especially if the mothers work lots of hours, writes the former Department for Education mental health tsar

The victory of the controversial president-elect reflects a lack of confidence among the electorate – something that schools can help to resolve