Walsall Healthy Schools Programme
What is a Healthy School?
A Healthy School is one that promotes the health and wellbeing of both its pupils and staff. It does so using a well – planned, well – taught curriculum that is delivered in a physical and emotional environment that promotes learning and healthy lifestyle choices.
Becoming a Healthy School
To achieve a Healthy School Status, a school needs to meet an agreed criteria in four theme areas:
Personal, social and health education, including sex and relationship education and drug education (including alcohol, tobacco and volatile substance abuse);
Healthy Eating;
Physical activity and
Emotional health and wellbeing (including bullying)
Becoming a Healthy School has real benefits
Evidence shows that healthy pupils achieve well at school:
Pupils in Healthy Schools improve faster in terms of achievement in national tests and healthy lifestyles than those in other schools.
Pupils in Healthy Schools report a range of positive behaviours, from being less afraid of bullying to being less likely to use illegal drugs
Healthy Schools are more inclusive
Healthy Schools have more effective liaison with pupils’ parents or carers and with external agencies
Schools can use the whole – school approach when becoming Healthy Schools to bring about sustained improvement
You can find out more about the benefits of being a Healthy School at:
www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk/evidenceofimpact
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