Claim: There is a rising problem of mental stress among children because of exams.
Fact-check: Exam stress for school children - Full Fact
Verdict: there's evidence to support this from children's counselling services and the views of school leaders in england, but we don't yet know much more about how common exam stress is across the uk more generally.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2018-02-16T00:00:00