Essex Healthy Schools Programme

For resources to help schools meet the programme’s expectations use the following links.

Food and nutrition

For food and nutrition guidance and resources to help schools meet the programme’s expectations use the following links:

• Child Lifestyle Service - Essex Wellbeing Service offer to all school-aged children in and their families
• Food - a fact of life - Free resources for teaching children and young people aged 3 to 16 years about where food comes from, cooking and healthy eating
• Healthy Steps resources - Public Health England resources for schools
• Oral health - Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service guidance and resources for parents and carers and those working with children
• Primary food projects - Food a fact of life projects for primary school children

Mental health and emotional wellbeing

For mental health and emotional wellbeing guidance and resources to help schools meet the programme’s expectations use the following links:

• 5 steps to mental health and wellbeing - Anna Freud guidance and resources
• Free resilience training for teaching staff - Free Mental Health UK training for secondary school teaching staff to support 14 to 18-year-olds
• What is wellbeing? - Public Health England every mind matters resources for schools

Physical activity

For physical activity guidance and resources to help schools meet the programme’s expectations use the following links:

• Being active - Public Health England resources for schools
• Schools - Active Essex support and guidance to help enable schools to deliver effective physical education and school sports

PSHE education

For PSHE guidance and resources to help schools meet the programme’s expectations use the following links:

• ​eC-Card - Scheme providing young people aged 16 to 24 years with free access to condoms
• Essex Sexual Health Service - Free and confidential service available to all ages across Essex
• Online safety - Resources from Essex Safeguarding Children Board (ESCB) for parents, carers and professionals on reporting concerns and spotting the signs of exploitation
• PSHE Association - National organisation providing free and paid for guidance, training, teaching resources and advice to teachers and PSHE leads
• PSHE education in schools: strengths and weaknesses - Ofsted research and analysis
• Relationships and sex education (RSE) resources for schools - NSPCC Learning guidance and resources
• Relationships, sex and health education: guides for parents - DfE guides guidance to understanding RSE in schools
• Risk-Avert training and support programme for schools - Award-winning PSHE training and support programme available free of charge to Essex schools
• Three steps to RSHE success - Sex Education Forum guidance and resources

Pupil voice

For pupil voice guidance and resources to help schools meet the programme’s expectations use the following links:

• Pupil voice - Anna Freud guidance

Trauma-informed and trauma-reducing practice

For TPP resources to help schools meet the programme’s expectations use the following links:

• Trauma Perceptive Practice (TPP) training - We’re offering free TPP training to help schools understand pupil behaviour and support their emotional wellbeing
• The Children's Society East - Working with young people affected by substance misuse