In Leicestershire, 98% of our schools have achieved Healthy School Status.
The new Government continues to recognise the importance of schools as health promoting environments, and as such the national Healthy Schools team have devised a new Healthy Schools Toolkit, which can be found directly on the DFE website at www.education.gov.uk
Locally we continue to provide support and recognition for schools working to enhance the health and wellbeing of children and young people.
Schools that have already achieved status now have two tools to use to record their Healthy Schools work. The new 'Whole School Review' tool replaces the old annual review, and we recommend using it at least every two years to ensure the foundation of health and wellbeing is still in place for your school.
The 'Healthy Schools Planning Template' replaces the old HWIT, and is used to record your progress on enhancing your Healthy Schools work, with a simplified 'Plan, Do, Review' format. Supporting guidance to help you plan and record your work can be found in the 'Healthy Schools Toolkit' document.
Finally, the 'School Story Template' allows you to celebrate your success upon completing work on a priority.
The four documents are available below:
HS Toolkit
Healthy Schools Planning Template (if asked to open or save, choose save)
School Story Template
Whole School Review
Enhancement Flowchart
We will be holding termly locality meetings to support schools in their work.
We have produced a completed whole school review, which can be downloaded here.
Examples of completed planning templates for a variety of healthy schools themes can be found on this page.
Latest:
Two schools have recently been celebrating concluding their work on enhancement priorities.
Congratulations go to The Elizabeth Woodville School and The Pochin School. We have now accredited both schools and awarded them certificates.
Read the Pochin 'School Story ' here. (.doc) (4MB)
Interventions and Activities:
A range of interventions and activities to support your work can be found on this page.