Healthy School Status

The National Healthy Schools programme promotes a whole school approach to health.

The NHSP, introduces the concept of National Healthy Schools Status as well as outlining the benefits for becoming a ‘healthy school’ and what schools need to do to gain National Healthy School Status.

A healthy school promotes the health and well-being of its pupils and staff through a well planned, taught curriculum. It does this in a physical and emotional environment that promotes learning and healthy lifestyle choices. Schools need to satisfy criteria in the four core themes within the programme:

• Healthy eating
• Physical activity
• PSHE
• Emotional health and well-being. 

Ofsted expects schools to demonstrate how they are contributing to the five national outcomes for children stipulated by Every Child Matters and the Children Act 2004. Gaining national healthy School Status provides rigorous evidence of this, and this will help you in evidencing your self evaluation and completing your new school profile.

Playforce provide schools with a range of opportunities to be physically active. We understand how physical activity can help you become a more healthy school and how physical activity can improve and be part of every day life.

Playforce promotes positive emotional health and well being to help pupils understand and express their feelings, and build confidence and emotional resilience and therfore their capacity to learn.