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<p>The Department wants to help schools support the wellbeing of their pupils. That
is why in October 2018, my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced that schools
would be provided with a framework to support them to assess the wellbeing of their
pupils. The Prime Minister also made a commitment that the Government will publish
an annual ‘State of the Nation’ report every year on World Mental Health Day, highlighting
the trends and issues in young people’s wellbeing. Work is underway to deliver these
commitments.</p><p>In addition, the Department is working with the Department of Health
and Social Care to ensure that all schools have access to mental health support, and
has also doubled the Primary Physical Education and Sport Premium to £320 million
per year since September 2017. The Department is delivering a programme of work to
explore how best to support disadvantaged children and their families to access free
enrichment activities and healthy food during the school holidays. Up to £26 million
is being invested in a breakfast club programme, which will open or improve breakfast
clubs in over 1,700 schools and will be targeted at the most disadvantaged areas of
the country.</p><p>Bullying can have serious and lasting consequences on wellbeing.
The Government has sent a clear message to schools that bullying, including cyberbullying,
for whatever reason is unacceptable. All schools are legally required to have a behaviour
policy with measures to prevent all forms of bullying. The Department is providing
over £2.8 million of funding between September 2016 and March 2020, to four anti-bullying
organisations to support schools to tackle bullying.</p><p> </p>
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