The Gloucestershire Healthy Schools Partnership

‘Building the foundations of learning’

Out of the Bike Sheds

• Healthy Schools 2002-2005• The public policy agenda – ‘Every Child Matters’

‘Choosing Health’ Youth Green paper, 14-19 reforms

• Children’s Services Authorities, APAs and JARS• Ofsted• National targets – 50% of all county schools to be

healthy schools by December 2006 100% by 2009

What is a healthy school?

• ‘At our school there are opportunities for everybody, people listen to you and you can make things happen’ ( pupils definition, Thomas Keble School)

• A whole School approach to the health and well being of children,young people and the adults who work with them

Who are we and what do we do?• Core and Advisory team• Supporting schools to become healthier places to

learn and work across 7 key areas:– Citizenship – including the participation of young

people– Emotional health and well-being– Physical activity– Healthy Eating– PSHE

• Sex and Relationships education• Drugs education

National Healthy Schools status

• Revised and revamped for September 2005 • An agreed set of criteria (dfes and DOH) against

which schools are to be quality assured• Key evidence for the revised Ofsted framework and

the school self-evaluation process• A key performance indicator in local authority

inspections and plans e.g. JAR, APA, YPSMS, Teenage Pregnancy

• Criteria extended to cover Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and Emotional Health and Well-Being

Supporting the processEncouraging schools to be involved

• Advising and supporting schools through the process with information, training, on site support and ‘expert’ input

• Partnership working – helping schools, agencies and services to work together for the benefit of the young people

• Specific projects targeting groups of schools• Celebrating success at Healthy Schools

Celebration events

Some key areas of current activity: autumn 2005

• School Health Check• Pupil On line survey • Participation and consultation with children and young people• Kraft – Health4Schools• Learning for Living• Secondary food map• National Certification programme for teachers of CPSHE• ASTs and ‘Angels’• Anti-bullying guidelines across Children’s Services• Family work with children of drug using parents• Extended School Nurse drop ins

Good Practice:The whole school approach

• Whole school planning and training

• Comprehensive PSHE and Citizenship programme

• Active involvement of young people

• Partnership working