Make sure teens aren’t revising through the night charity warns

With exam season in full flow, parents are being urged to check their teens are getting enough sleep.

According to The Sleep Council, 83 per cent of teens are having sleep issues caused by the stress of exams.

Students report struggling to fall asleep, waking up  too much or waking up far too early.

In a bid to try and stay awake during the extra hours of cramming, 52 per cent of teens listened to music, 34 per cent ate chocolate and 26 per cent consumed energy or caffeine based drinks.

Spokesperson for The Sleep Council Lisa Artis  said: “The next few weeks see teenagers in the midst of those all-important school exams and it seems that a good night’s sleep is the first thing to suffer.

“A worryingly high number of teenagers are not getting as much sleep as they need to function and perform at their best in the build up to exams. They are sacrificing sleep to study when in fact they will be more mentally alert cramming in extra sleep rather than more revision.”

The findings from the children’s sleep charity comes from a study of over a thousand teenagers aged between 13 and 18 years of age.