‘Much-needed grit’ to be fostered in England’s schoolchildren, say ministers

Increased mental health support for young people will give them resilience, say education and health secretaries

Schoolchildren will be helped to develop much-needed grit" for life beyond school with increased mental health support, the education and health secretaries have said.

Writing in the Telegraph, Bridget Phillipson and Wes Streeting said they would expand mental health support in schools to nearly 1 million extra children in England.