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Growing Minds Therapy Addresses Rising Childhood Anxiety Crisis Affecting School Attendance
- Growing Minds Therapy has expanded its cognitive behavioral therapy services across West Sussex and South Hampshire due to rising childhood anxiety causing school attendance issues, with persistent absence 56 percent above pre-pandemic levels.
- The Department for Education reports that 18.66 percent of pupils missed at least 10 percent of school sessions this academic year, meaning about one in five children are persistently absent.
- The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 introduced new duties on schools and local authorities to monitor and support attendance amid the attendance crisis.
- Melissa Urwin, founder of Growing Minds Therapy, explained that school avoidance usually signals deeper issues and that cognitive behavioral therapy helps children manage anxiety and re-engage with school.
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