MVA Survey into School Absences Goes Viral
Last week, we released the results of our landmark survey - The Anatomy of Anxiety in British Secondary Schools - of more than 2000 families across the UK, digging into the school absence crisis and the reasons why so many children are struggling to get to the classroom.
The findings were striking, revealing that half of UK secondary school pupils have missed or avoided school due to anxiety, for a range of reasons from exam stress to the fear of falling behind.
A lot of these findings aren't new, the causes of absence have been long identified, but the continuing wide range of anxieties are a sobering and important point to remember, even as overall absences have fallen slightly.
This is the conversation we need to be having if we want to build a better educational future for children everywhere - this phenomenal coverage is a big part of that.
So far, the survey has been picked up in 65+ pieces of coverage across, online, radio and print with a total reach of more than 250 million people, including:
- Sky News TV and Radio with appearances from Hugh Viney
- The Times - Half of secondary pupils avoid school due to anxiety
- The Independent - The impact anxiety is having on school attendances
- The Independent US - The impact anxiety is having on school attendances
- The Mirror - ‘Anxiety at 14 left me unable to go to school - I couldn’t get out of bed’
- Daily Mail - Half of all secondary school pupils have skipped class in the last year because they're too anxious, study finds
- MSN UK - The impact anxiety is having on school attendances
- Express & Star - Half of secondary pupils avoided school in past year due to anxiety – survey
- Shropshire Star - Half of secondary pupils avoided school in past year due to anxiety – survey
- The Chronicle (Newcastle) - Half of secondary pupils have avoided school because of anxiety
- Surrey Live - Half of secondary pupils have avoided school because of anxiety
- Bristol Live - Half of secondary pupils have avoided school because of anxiety
- Yahoo! Singapore - The impact anxiety is having on school attendances
- AOL - The impact anxiety is having on school attendances
- Yahoo! Australia - The impact anxiety is having on school attendances
- Yahoo! UK - The impact anxiety is having on school attendances
- Yahoo! News - The impact anxiety is having on school attendances
- Cambridgeshire Live - Half of secondary pupils have avoided school because of anxiety
- North Wales Live - Half of secondary pupils have avoided school because of anxiety
- Somerset Live - Half of secondary pupils have avoided school because of anxiety
- The Local Report - Anxiety is affecting school attendance
- Daily Post - Half of secondary pupils have avoided school because of anxiety
- Essex Live - Half of secondary pupils have avoided school because of anxiety
- Newyddion - Half of secondary pupils 'avoided school due to anxiety'
- Radio News Hub - Half of secondary pupils avoided school in past year due to anxiety
- Rother Radio - Half of secondary pupils avoided school in past year due to anxiety
- Children and Young People Now - Students miss a month of school due to anxiety, study finds
And counting!
