Half of secondary pupils avoided school in past year due to anxiety
Half of secondary pupils have avoided school in the past year because of anxiety, a poll has found. A survey of 2,000 UK secondary students found 49.5% said they had missed school or avoided school because of feeling anxious at some point last academic year The majority said this had happened less than once a month (22%). However, 5.5% of all pupils surveyed said this happened once a week, 6.7% […]