LGA calls for compulsory independent mental health counselling roll-out in all secondary schools
The Government has pledged a total of £1.7 billion to promoting, protecting and improving children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
The Local Government Association, which represents 370 councils in England and Wales, is calling for 5 per cent of this funding – £90 million – to be used to make it mandatory for every pupil in secondary and alternative education provision, to have access to on-site school counselling services.
