Schools and colleges across England are beset by serious challenges requiring decisive intervention. Improving PSHE provision could help the fight on multiple fronts, including teacher retention, narrowing the disadvantage gap, and ringfencing schools’ resources for teaching and learning - here’s how.

I found that during my A-levels my mental health became severely affected and this put added pressure on the need to succeed. Taking a gap year and becoming an in-school tutor for Yipiyap has encouraged me to discover what I love to do as I found hobbies again, practised self-care routines and more.