Pearson-SchoolReport-2023: Trends and Changes

Going Up

  • Teachers witnessing a rise in pupil
    anxiety around:

    • mental health and wellbeing (now 61%, was 41%)
    • rising cost of living (now 36%, was 16%)
    • social injustices (now 18%, was 11%).
  • 71% of teachers who think that the current education system is NOT developing tolerant, sustainably minded citizens of the future (was 61%).

  • 63% of teachers anticipate Special Educational Needs and/ or Disabilities (SEND) support as being a barrier to pupil learning over the next 6 months (was 57%).

  • 64% of school leaders expect budget pressures to be a challenge to manage over the next 12 months (was 54%).

  • 48% of school leaders expect teacher recruitment and
    retention to be a challenge to manage over the next 12 months (was 40%).

  • 46% of school leaders expect supporting students with SEND to be a challenge to manage over the next 12 months (was 32%).

  • 11% of schools are offering no interventions to support pupils with the issues facing them (was 5%).

Going Down

  • Teachers witnessing a rise in pupil anxiety around:

    • global conflict (now 17%, was 61%)
    • climate change/environmental issues (now 15%, was 25%)
    • Covid-19 (now 11%, was 51%)
    • political decisions (now 9%, was 12%).
  • 12% of teachers are dedicating time to exploring global affairs with students (was 42%).

  • 27% of schools have increased working with parents to support pupils with issues they face (was 43%).

  • 36% of schools are providing staff training on early
    mental health indicators / safeguarding concerns
    (was 47%).

  • 44% of schools are providing pupil counselling (was 54%).

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It’s interesting to see how the causes of anxiety have shifted in just a few years.

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