Will Yates @wjyates72.bsky.social · 23/04/2025We're thrilled to have it out in the world - do give it a read! www.publicfirst.co.uk/green-roots-...publicfirst.co.uk 000
Will Yates @wjyates72.bsky.social · 23/04/2025As well as this, colleagues at Public First, including @eddorrell.bsky.social, @jesslister.bsky.social and various others not on Bluesky, have produced some groundbreaking research and hugely exciting results. 100
Will Yates @wjyates72.bsky.social · 23/04/2025This has been an absolute joy to be part of. Working with @alleynsschool.bsky.social, @oasisuk.bsky.social, @thereachfoundation.bsky.social, @thewellbeinghub.bsky.social, @wellingtoncollege.bsky.social, @staracademies.org, Hampton, LEHS and Eton has been inspiring and eye-opening. 111
Will Yates @wjyates72.bsky.social · 23/04/2025So with all this in mind, what do we need? - We need to match awareness with action - MH provision should take particular account of gender and income inequality - Mobile phone interventions need serious care and attention - 16-18 year olds need help with transitions at the end of school. 100
Will Yates @wjyates72.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Fourth, young people are very reliant on their phones. More than half of 11-18 year olds told us they spend at least 2hrs a day on their phones, and they told us that getting their phone confiscated at school was more likely to ruin their day than a poor grade or a detention. 110
Will Yates @wjyates72.bsky.social · 23/04/2025As well as this, young people pointed to some gaps in the teaching they'd had on mental health and wellbeing. Although at least half said they'd been taught to deal with bullying, cyberbullying and online safety, only 42% said that they'd been taught how to look after their own mental health. 100
Will Yates @wjyates72.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Third, school remains a stressful environment for young people. It's more of a cause of stress than home life, with 11-18 year olds rating school a 4.5/10 for stress as opposed to just 2.8 for friends and 2.7 for family. 100
Will Yates @wjyates72.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Income is another big indicative factor, with young people from households with incomes of below £30k more likely to find various different factors stressful. In particular, they find school a cause of significant stress, as our unique 'star diagram' methodology shows. 100
Will Yates @wjyates72.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Second, and most importantly, there are still significant inequalities. One big one is along gender lines: boys are about 20% more likely than girls to describe their mental health as quite good or very good. 100
Will Yates @wjyates72.bsky.social · 23/04/2025What's more, by comparing the results for 16-18 year olds for the same questions asked in 2024 and 2021, we've been able to show that outcomes are improving for this age group. They reported lower levels of negative thoughts, feelings and behaviours across the board in 2024. 100
Will Yates @wjyates72.bsky.social · 23/04/2025First, young people's mental health and wellbeing is on the up. 77% of young people between 11 and 18 in England told us their mental health is quite good or very good - though 16-18 year olds are not quite as happy as their peers. 100
Will Yates @wjyates72.bsky.social · 23/04/2025So what have we learned in Phase 3 of the Coalition's work? Well, there are four points we think are really important (🧵): 100
Will Yates @wjyates72.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Over the last year, Public First have been working with the Coalition for Youth Mental Health in Schools to develop an updated picture of how children's mental health and wellbeing has changed since the pandemic. Today, our report is published in full. www.publicfirst.co.uk/green-roots-...publicfirst.co.uk 100
Will Yates @wjyates72.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Public First's education team are hiring a summer intern! If you're a student or recent graduate with an interest in how good education policy gets made, we'd love to hear from you. Details here: www.publicfirst.co.uk/pf-internshi...publicfirst.co.ukPF Internship Programme Summer 2025 - Public FirstPublic First’s education team is recruiting a paid intern for an eight-week period this summer (start date negotiable, ideally early July). Under the direction of [...] 000
Will Yates @wjyates72.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Some really cool new polling insights into geographical and Ofsted-rating discrepancies in teachers' expectations of school leavers. Read all about it and more in our new 'WP state of the nation' piece with the UPP Foundation: upp-foundation.org/wp-content/u... 002
Reposted by Will YatesJonathan Simons @jonathansimons.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Public First’s landmark study on conspiracies and disinformation in classrooms and among young people (led by @eddorrell.bsky.social and @sallyburtonshaw.bsky.social) publishes today after a year’s work. Rather timely really. 053
Reposted by Will YatesStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Love this story: vicar tells primary school pupils that Father Christmas isn’t real, their parents give them the presents in engagingly ill-judged sermon at school.thetimes.comVicar’s Santa sermon ‘ruins Christmas’ for sobbing school pupilsThe Rev Dr Paul Chamberlain has had to apologise for his Nativity talk that left teachers scrambling to ‘bring the magic back’ 5116222
Will Yates @wjyates72.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Facing a Friday full of teenagers talking total rot? Have a read of John Jerrim on bullshitters: www.iza.org/publications... (h/t @petewhitehead.bsky.social)iza.orgBullshitters. Who Are They and What Do We Know about Their Lives?'Bullshitters' are individuals who claim knowledge or expertise in an area where they actually have little experience or skill. Despite this being a w... 010
Will Yates @wjyates72.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Have picked up a bunch of new followers on here, which is fun. For some ideas of the stuff I'm interested in/have written about, head here: willyateswriting.wordpress.comwillyateswriting.wordpress.comWill Yates WritingEducation, politics, resources 020
Reposted by Will YatesEd Dorrell @eddorrell.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Excited to be publishing a major piece of teacher, parent and student opinion research on the ever-challenging subject of exclusions. Thanks to the support of @mission44, we were able to carry out what was, I think, the ever biggest exercise of its kind on this subject. 1/10 62619
Will Yates @wjyates72.bsky.social · 21/11/2024www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024... we're about five years from an Armando Iannucci tour de force based on the Captain Tom storytheguardian.comCaptain Tom’s family personally benefited from charity they founded, report findsWatchdog’s highly critical inquiry finds Hannah and Colin Ingram-Moore culpable of ‘serious and repeated’ misconduct 000
Reposted by Will YatesMorgan Jones @morganj0nes.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Found this very interesting and touching: www.theguardian.com/society/2024...theguardian.com‘Look, they’re getting skin!’: are we right to strive to save the world’s tiniest babies?The long read: Doctors are pushing the limits of science and human biology to save more extremely premature babies than ever before. But when so few survive, are we putting them through needless suffe... 021
Will Yates @wjyates72.bsky.social · 19/11/2024My dad grew up on his dad's farm, and his cousins are farmers, but they're not lining up behind Clarkson today. As my colleague Tim points out here, the changes to farm inheritance being protested today could end up being a boon to farmers. timleunig.substack.com/p/how-to-pre...timleunig.substack.comHow to preserve the family farmTax breaks can harm those they purport to help 000
Will Yates @wjyates72.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Experiencing the Xodus vs starting on Bluesky (London XC Champs, Parliament Hill, 16.11.24) 010