If you have been following the happenings at Mossbourne academies, adult former students are now asking the government to act: https://www.change.org/schoolsinquiry
This is what their petition says:
"We call on the government to conduct an inquiry into the effect that the rapidly changing environment in many schools has had on children's mental health and development, and to act on the findings to protect all young people.
For over two decades, governments have presided over a largely unmonitored social experiment. A combination of increasingly punitive discipline, rising exam pressure and academy structures with limited accountability may be contributing to an escalating mental health crisis.
Like a canary in a coal mine, the harm identified by the safeguarding review of one of the first academies signify an urgent need for action. As adult former students still feeling the long-term impact of our experiences we believe voices like ours deserve to be heard."