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Children’s mental health week starts 7th February 2022 and the theme is ‘Growing Together’. During this week schools across the UK will be exploring the concept of growing emotionally and supporting each other to grow.

As part of the Government’s broader mental health programme across education, funding is being made available for up to 7,800 schools and colleges to access a grant to pay for Senior Mental Health Lead training.

We at nasen believe that – just like access to education – good social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) is an important right of every child and young person in our schools and colleges, as well as every member of the education workforce.

A new report by charity MIND shows secondary schools are struggling to meet the mental health needs of a growing number of pupils.

The charity Spark UK was set up in the pandemic by four young people who wanted to dispel the stigma around mental health and provide resources for schools to deliver lessons and ‘spark’ conversations around mental health.

A new report from the Children’s Commissioner’s team details the current trends around children and young people’s mental health services. The number of young people being referred for treatment has increased to 734,00 from 498,000.

Mental Health Awareness week fittingly starts the week of the GCSE examinations this year and the theme is anxiety.

Now and Beyond – The mental health festival for schools and colleges is being held again this year on Wednesday 7th February.

A new initiative to help support children's mental health is being launched, which will see school pupils complete mental health “check-ins”.

The ‘Heads Up: Rethinking mental health services for vulnerable young people’ report published by the Commission for Young Lives is the fourth thematic report on mental health.

July 2026

A major independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism has highlighted growing psychological distress among young people and raised important questions about how support is provided across education, health & public services.

Today marks youth mental health day in the UK and, with older teenagers and young adults being deemed the groups whose mental health was affected most by the pandemic, this focus on mental health is a timely one.

NHS England have announced that the Children and Young People’s Mental Health (CYPMH) Team and NHS Transformation Directorate, are launching an NHS IMPACT initiative with a set of crowdsourcing challenges on the Solving Together platform.

World Mental Health Day is on Sunday 10th October and the theme for this year is ‘mental health in an unequal world’. 

The Mental Health of Children and Young People in England 2023 report reveals significant rises in the number of probable mental health conditions and a significant increase in those diagnosed with eating disorders.

July 2026

Schools and colleges are being urged to play an even bigger role in supporting children’s mental health after a report revealed that more than one million young people were referred to mental health services in England during 2024-25.

Founded and sponsored by the youth mental health charity, Beyond, the Now and Beyond festival is a whole day of online dedicated workshops for schools. The workshops are free to view once schools have registered.

New data released on Time to Talk Day (1 February) highlights the extent to which young people are avoiding speaking about their mental health - and how older people are embracing the importance of speaking up.

nasen is marking World Mental Health Day (tomorrow, Tuesday 10 October) with an important message for the entire education community.

July 2026

Education professionals are being encouraged to contribute to a government call for evidence that will help shape a new cross-government mental health strategy for England.