Why are schools working with external agencies for child wellbeing and edtech support?
Published on 28th January, the OECD’s latest policy paper examines how school partnerships can help with the pressures of increasing pastoral responsibility in schools and an ever-evolving digital world. To ease these and ensure they have sufficient knowledge and resources to support children’s mental health, social wellbeing etc., schools may look for expertise in the wider education community and beyond.
About the paper
The policy paper reviews partnerships in OECD countries with data from its CERI 21st Century Children project carried out in 2018 and 2022. It also includes specific country examples in the findings shared.
Key findings
- Schools partner with mental health professionals more than any other kind of health and wellbeing expert
- Almost half of schools partner with guidance counsellors
- Partnerships between schools and parents, families and carer givers were the mostly widely reported
- Around a third of schools reported partnership with EdTech was present or required by law
- Partnership with cyber security experts are generally not widely established 1
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References
- OECD (2025), “School partnerships addressing child well-being and digital technology”, OECD Education Policy Perspectives, No. 114, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/3c946a99-en.
