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Guide to the nutrient-based standards new

A guide to introducing the Government's food-based and nutrient-based standards for school lunches.

The School Food Trust has produced this guide to assist everyone involved in the provision of school food. It provides information on how to meet, implement and monitor the Government’s food-based and nutrient-based standards for school lunches. This guide includes three primary school case studies showing the steps these schools took to meet the nutrient-based standards ahead of the September 2008 deadline.

• www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/Guide to the nutrient-based standards

Ofsted: Time for change? Personal, Social & Health Education

At a time of considerable change for personal, social and health education (PSHE), this report evaluates the current provision: whether it is based sufficiently closely on the needs of young people and how the outcomes might be best achieved. It considers the pressures that children and young people face as they mature and discusses the significant role played by most parents in advising and supporting their children. Schools and PSHE programmes in particular, have a major part to play in the personal and social development of young people.

• Acrobat pdf, 192kb/26 pages, 05/06/2007, time_for_chnge_PSHE.pdf

Smokefree England 1 July 2007

What it means for schools

A law requiring smokefree environments in workplaces, including all schools, comes into effect on 1 July 2007. The legislation ensures that workers and members of the public are protected from the risks to health from tobacco smoke and are guaranteed their right to a smokefree environment.

• Word 2003, 488kb/2 pages, 19/04/2007, Smokefree Legislation.doc

Free signage for your school together with further information can be obtained from the following website:

• Smokefree England

Review of the environmental dimension of children and young people's well-being

This report was commissioned by the Sustainable Development Commission (SDC), as part of their
project Every Child’s Future Matters. It was researched and written by the centre for well-being, nef (the new economics foundation).

• www.sd-commission.org.uk

Supporting the Health of Young People in Hertfordshire 2006

A Health Related Behaviour Survey was carried out between Summer and Autumn 2006. The work was funded by the Joint Commissioning Group for Young People’s Substance Misuse and the survey was co-ordinated by the HCC Healthy Schools Team as a way of collecting robust information about young people’s lifestyles. Results were collected from a sample of primary pupils aged 9 to 11 and secondary pupils aged 12 to 15 in Hertfordshire on the following subjects: Citizenship; Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco; Emotional Health and Well-being;Healthy Eating; Homework; Leisure; Physical Activity; Puberty and Growing Up; Safety; School and Career;
Sex and Relationships.

Summary reports are available for Hertfordshire as a whole and each of the ten District Council areas.

• Supporting the Health of Young People in Hertfordshire 2006

Healthy Schools - Governors Guide

As a school governor, you will know that schools are taking an increasing role in supporting better outcomes for children and young people in many aspects of their lives. The National Healthy Schools Programme [NHSP] is playing a key role in achieving this. It links closely with the
Government’s policy Every Child Matters: Change for Children, a comprehensive approach to the well-being of children and young people from birth to age 19. Under new legislation [Education and
Inspections Act, 2006], schools have a duty to promote pupils’ well-being.

• Acrobat pdf, 418/3 pages, 21/03/2007, Governors guide - Healthy schools.pdf

Ofsted: Healthy schools, healthy children?

The contribution of education to pupils’ health and well-being

This report looks at the contribution of education to pupils’ health and well-being. It is based on visits to 18 schools selected because of their good practice in the context of health education. It is the first major Ofsted survey on the broader aspects of health and well-being since the introduction of the Every Child Matters agenda. The findings are intended to disseminate best practice and to help institutions improve this aspect of their work.  

• Acrobat pdf, 155kb/27 pages, 24/01/2007, ofsted_healthy schools, healthy children

Healthy Living: the Blueprint

The Blueprint was launched on 6 September 2004. It aims to help schools support children in leading a healthy lifestyle and to make the most of the resources which already exist.

Charles Clarke, Secretary of State for Education and Skills, said 'The Blueprint supports schools in considering the extent to which their current practice meets Healthy Living objectives and to look for opportunities to improve health throughout every area of school life, drawing on the wide range of support available. We believe that good health and effective learning go hand in hand and habits started young are more likely to endure throughout adult life.'

• Healthy Living Blueprint

Extended Schools & Health Services

Working Together for Better Outcomes for Children and Families

This leaflet explains how extended schools can help health professionals achieve their targets on issues such as teenage pregnancy, immunisation and childhood obesity.

The leaflet also illustrates how basing health services in schools can improve attendance and attainment by removing wider barriers to learning.

To download go to:

• www.everychildmatters.gov.uk