Moved by
Baroness Brinton
88: After Clause 38, insert the following new Clause—
“Duty of Secretary of State to give financial assistance for purposes related to mental health provision in schools
(1) The Secretary of State must give, or must make arrangements for the giving of, financial assistance to any person for or in connection with the purpose mentioned in subsection (2).
(2) The purpose is the provision of—
(a) an education mental health practitioner, or
(b) a school counsellor,
in every state-funded school.
(3) In this section—
“education mental health practitioner” means a person who possesses a graduate-level or postgraduate-level qualification of that name accredited by Health Education England;
“state funded school” means a school in England funded wholly or mainly from public funds, including, but not limited to—
(a) an Academy school, an alternative provision Academy or a 16 to 19 Academy established under the Academies Act 2010;
(b) community, foundation and voluntary schools (within the meaning of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998).”
Member's explanatory statement
This amendment requires the Secretary of State to give financial assistance in respect of mental health provision in schools.