“…Both of the nonrandomised controlled evaluations (Finning et al, 2021; Sherr & Sterne, 1999) and four of the pre‐ and poststudy designs (Daniunaite et al, 2015; Economics PB, 2018; Lee et al, 2009; Sherr et al, 1999) related to school counselling provided by the charity organisation Place2Be. All of the studies found an improvement in mental health using either parent or teacher reporting (Finning et al, 2021), learner reporting (Sherr & Sterne, 1999), counsellor reporting (Sherr et al, 1999) or the SDQ measurement (Daniunaite et al, 2015; Economics PB, 2018; Lee et al, 2009). In addition, a study evaluating a variety of counselling approaches found that there were large reductions in psychological distress for learners (Cooper, Stewart, et al, 2013).…”