Essex Healthy Schools Programme: Healthy schools expectations

Healthy schools expectations

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

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

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

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

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

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

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