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<p>Schools have an important role to play in supporting the mental health of pupils.
On 4 December 2017, the Government published the green paper, Transforming Children
and Young People’s Mental Health Provision. We are consulting on proposals which will
be supported by over £300 million of funding.</p><p> </p><p>Up to £95 million of this
money will be used to fund training for Designated Senior Mental Health Leads in schools,
which will cover effective ways to establishing a whole school approach to promoting
and supporting good mental health.</p><p> </p><p>Schools also need access to trained
and clinically supervised support for pupils with mental health issues. The Government
will provide £215 million over three years to fund new clinically supervised Mental
Health Support Teams to work closely with designated senior mental health leads in
schools to provide evidence based help for pupils with mild to moderate mental health
needs. It will also support mental health awareness training for all schools. This
preventative approach will provide earlier intervention, to help prevent mental health
problems from developing. It will also provide a better link to specialist NHS mental
health services.</p>
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