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Secondary school kids struggling with mental health issues caused by reformed GCSEs
SECONDARY school pupils struggle with their mental health due to the reformed GCSEs, teachers said ahead of results day tomorrow.
The new and more exam-focused courses are damaging young people’s mental wellbeing, while failing to reflect their abilities, according to a poll of teachers by the National Education Union (NEU).
A vast majority of surveyed teachers — 73 per cent — said that teenagers’ mental health has worsened since the introduction of the new GCSE qualifications in 2017.
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