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Charlie Samuda

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Charlie Samuda

Exploring effective mental health support in schools

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Exploring effective mental health support in schools

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Fellowship year

2024

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London

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Biography

I am an Assistant Director at the Home Office where I am responsible for developing government policy to reduce knife crime. My background in public policy is in improving outcomes for the most disadvantaged children and young people. This experience has shaped the focus of my Fellowship research: the urgent need to improve young people's mental health.

From my prior background at the Department for Education and in my role as chair of governors for a South London primary school, I have seen the effectiveness of school-based interventions to improve children's wellbeing. As young people's mental health becomes a growing cause for concern, this is a critical time to understand what forms of support work most effectively and which can best be delivered through schools.

Activity

editorial

Supporting adolescent mental health in schools

Through his Churchill Fellowship, Charlie Samuda explored how schools in the USA, Canada, and South Korea are responding to the adolescent mental health crisis. Visiting over 30 organisations and schools, he examined how independent guidance, curriculum design, counselling, and safety systems can help schools support students more effectively. He reflects on what England could learn from these approaches as pressures on schools continue to grow.

By Charlie Samuda, 15 January 2026

Disclaimer

All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.

Activity

editorial

Supporting adolescent mental health in schools

Through his Churchill Fellowship, Charlie Samuda explored how schools in the USA, Canada, and South Korea are responding to the adolescent mental health crisis. Visiting over 30 organisations and schools, he examined how independent guidance, curriculum design, counselling, and safety systems can help schools support students more effectively. He reflects on what England could learn from these approaches as pressures on schools continue to grow.

By Charlie Samuda, 15 January 2026

Disclaimer

All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.

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