Scottish Government analysis of information provided by local councils on school counselling services and community mental health support in their area from July 2023 to March 2025.
In total across all returns, 17,621 children and young people were recorded as having accessed counselling services between July 2023 to March 2024.
There were more girls (61%) than boys (36%) recorded as accessing counselling provisions. 3% of young people who accessed counselling services did not identify as male/female or preferred not to specify their gender. This remains much the same split as with previous years.
For those local authorities who provided a breakdown of pupils by year group, the two year groups with the highest total number of service users were S2 and S3.