Pressure of school is teenagers’ big worry

‘School pressure’ is the biggest worry for secondary-school students, but most of them have more than one issue that causes stress.

Suicide and self-harm support organisation, Pieta House, conducted focus groups as part of a pilot project for its Resilience Programme, which is currently operating in seven schools in Cork and Dublin.

They found that the top student concern, at 50% of those asked, was school pressure, ahead of body image, anxiety and bullying, including cyber-bullying.