Access to mental health support is more important than ever during the COVID-19 outbreak. We have been working closely with partners to provide resources and update guidance to support and promote children and young people\u2019s mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 outbreak.<\/p>
As part of a package of support for schools on 7 June, we announced more than £750,000 funding would be available to three anti-bullying organisations. These include the Diana Award, the Anti-Bullying Alliance and the Anne Frank Trust. This is to help hundreds of schools and colleges build relationships between pupils, boost their resilience, and continue to tackle bullying both in person and online. More details are available here: We have since made progress on the other support to schools. The department in collaboration with Public Health England and NHS England, delivered two webinars in July to provide further mental health support. The first webinar was for schools and colleges to support teachers in promoting and supporting the mental wellbeing of children and young people during the COVID-19 outbreak. The second event was for stakeholders across the local system to support strengthening of local partnerships to further support children and young people\u2019s mental health as they return to school. We had around 10,000 sign up to the first webinar and around 1,300 to the second, and they are now available online for wider use.<\/p> There have been over 19,000 unique downloads of the relationships, sex and health education training module on teaching about mental wellbeing since it was published on 8 June. The guidance for schools is available here: To support the return to school, the government has also announced an additional £650 million \u2018catch-up\u2019 premium, as part of our wider £1 billion COVID catch-up package, to be shared across all state-funded schools over the 2020-21 academic year. The Education Endowment Foundation have published a COVID-19 support guide to support schools to direct this funding, which includes further information about interventions to support pupils\u2019 mental health and wellbeing. Details can be found here: <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the announcement on 7 June of grants worth more than £750,000 to help schools and colleges respond to the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and wellbeing, how many schools have received funding; and how much of that funding each such school has received.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Berridge on 21 May (HL4175), what guidance is in place for secondary schools to permit visits for assessment tests in September and October 2020 of prospective pupils whose parents are applying for secondary transfer in September 2021.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1227891/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " We recognise that all children and young people have had their education disrupted as a result of COVID-19. It is our ambition to ensure that all pupils have the chance to make up for this lost education.<\/p> That is why we are introducing a universal \u2018catch-up premium\u2019 worth a total of £650 million. Our expectation is that this funding will be spent on supporting pupils to catch up after a period of disruption to their education.<\/p> Departmental guidance issued on 20 July sets out that all schools should use the total catch-up premium funding available to them as a single total from which to prioritise support for particular pupils according to their need. Additional weighting has been applied to specialist settings \u2013 special schools, alternative provision, and hospital schools - recognising the significantly higher per-pupil costs they face.<\/p> Alongside this universal offer, we have also announced a new £350 million National Tutoring Programme for disadvantaged pupils. This will increase access to high-quality tuition for disadvantaged and vulnerable children and young people, helping to accelerate their academic progress and tackling the attainment gap between them and their peers.<\/p> The departmental guidance is available here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-catch-up-premium<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1227713/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " We are incredibly proud of our cadet forces, which provide the young people of our nation with confidence, resilience, and a sense of civic duty and values which will serve them well throughout life.<\/p> <\/p> The information requested is available as an open-source document, and can be found at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-sponsored-cadet-forces-statistics-2019<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> A copy of the report is attached for ease of reference, and should the noble Lord wish to compare, data for 2020 can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-sponsored-cadet-forces-statistics-2020<\/a><\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1227725/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Section 34 of The Children and Social Work Act 2017 requires regulations to be made to provide for Relationships Education for primary aged pupils and Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) for secondary aged pupils. This provision also specified that the regulations must include the circumstances in which pupils are to be excused from receiving RSE or elements thereof.<\/p> <\/p> The Relationships Education, RSE and Health Education statutory guidance sets out the content to be covered for each subject. There is no right to withdraw from Relationships Education lessons. The key aim of Relationships Education for primary aged pupils is to put in place the building blocks needed for positive and safe relationships of all kinds, starting with family and friends, and moving out to other kinds of relationships, including those off and online.<\/p> <\/p> For secondary aged pupils the emphasis under the RSE curriculum moves from the experience of the child in the context of their family to the young person as a potential partner and parent, and the characteristics of healthy intimate relationships are explored. RSE will also cover the concepts of, and laws relating to sex and relationships.<\/p> <\/p> There is no prescription for primary schools to cover sex education. If a primary school chooses to deliver sex education, it must be covered in the school\u2019s Relationships Education policy. Schools are required to consult parents on a draft of their policy. Where sex education is covered in primary schools, parents have an automatic right to withdraw their child from this part of the curriculum.<\/p> <\/p> In making decisions about resources and materials to use in teaching the new subjects, the statutory guidance sets out that schools should assess each resource that they propose to use carefully to ensure it is appropriate for the age and maturity of pupils and sensitive to their needs. Schools should also be aware of their duties regarding impartiality and balanced treatment of political issues in the classroom to ensure content is handled in an appropriate way.<\/p> <\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/extra-mental-health-support-for-pupils-and-teachers<\/a>.<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/schools-and-colleges-to-reopen-in-full-in-september<\/a>.<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/billion-pound-covid-catch-up-plan-to-tackle-impact-of-lost-teaching-time<\/a>.<\/p>