Hertfordshire Healthy Schools Programme (HHSP)

Liz Biggs

Team Leader – Health and Wellbeing

Introduction and outline

• Overview of the Hertfordshire Healthy Schools programme

• Key highlights from school visits• The health element of the programme• Healthy eating • DVD

– Celebrating 10 years of the programme– Teachers TV – Kings Langley Secondary School

• Physical activity• Hertfordshire Healthy Schools Annual Subscription • Arrangements from April 2011

Hertfordshire Healthy Schools Programme99% of Hertfordshire Schools are involved

• National programme jointly established between DfE (Department of Education) and DH (Department of Heath) in 1999

• To achieve Healthy School Status schools must achieve 41 nationally set criteria in the following four themes:

– PSHE – Healthy Eating – Physical Activity– Emotional Health and Wellbeing

• Schools complete portfolio of evidence• Celebrating Success booklets• Moderation process• July 2007 – 334 schools with status, 134 working towards• July 2008 – 359 schools with status, 144 working towards• July 2009 – 375 (73%) schools with status, 128 (25%) working towards• July 2010 – 421 (82%) schools with status, 84 (16%) working towards• March 2011 – 425 (83.5%) schools with status, 79 (15.5%) working towards• 5 independent schools involved 4 have Healthy School Status

Achieving Healthy School Status

Supports individual schools to:• make a significant contribution in helping its children and

young people achieve the five national outcomes of Every Child Matters

• identify valuable outcomes and processes that can be recorded in its Ofsted Self-Evaluation Form

• strengthen the school’s position to offer effective extended services and partnership working

• give a clear signal to children and young people, parents/carers, governors and the wider educational community that the school values participation, consultation and inclusion

Challenges and issues

– PCT engagement– Consistency of support to schools eg School nursing– Recognition of the contribution of addressing health

and wellbeing to support standards and achievement– Secondary school involvement

– School meal provision

OfstedLearners adopt healthy lifestyles 200782% of Primary Schools achieved good or outstanding (76% nationally)96% of Secondary Schools achieved good or outstanding (92% nationally)

200899% of Primary Schools achieved good or outstanding (93% nationally)90% of Secondary Schools achieved good or outstanding (84% nationally)

200999% of Primary Schools achieved good or outstanding (96% nationally)96% of Secondary Schools achieved good or outstanding (88% nationally)

September 2009 new Ofsted framework 95% of primary schools achieved good or outstanding judgements (92%

nationally)71% of secondary schools achieved good or outstanding judgements (80%

nationally)

OfstedSubject specific inspections

Physical activity inspections since 2001

• 2 secondary 9 primary• 2 outstanding, 7 good, 2 satisfactory

Healthy School Status recognises the contribution the school makes to pupils’ excellent healthy lifestyles

The school has achieved Healthy School Status and this has had a positive impact

Achievements • Year on year Healthy Schools targets have been met and

exceeded national targets • Ongoing increase in number of schools achieving Healthy

Schools status • Ofsted judgement of Healthy Lifestyles for schools year on

year is above national average• Healthy Schools Programme highlighted as area of strength in

Being Healthy Annual Performance Assessment• Health Related Behaviour Questionnaire – two yearly survey

of over 10,000 pupils in the county on a range of health related issues – Compared to national data positive feedback in relation to

• Eating 5 fruit and vegetables• Uptake of physical activity

Background and context – Physical Activity and Healthy Eating• Growing concern over the current and future physical wellbeing

of children & young people at school• Those whose diet or physical activity levels are not healthy may

become overweight, obese or even underweight - substantial impact on health and achievement, both in childhood and in later life

• National weighing and measuring programme - levels of obesity are rising

• Increased focus on healthy eating and physical activity in Government commitments. The importance of a whole school approaches to healthy eating and physical activity

• Public Service Agreements – reduce levels of overweight and obese children

• National Indicators – 2 hours high quality physical activity and uptake of school meals

• Local Area Agreement

Background and context – Physical Activity and Healthy Eating - Highlights

• School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme • Food in Schools Toolkit to inspire and support schools in

implementing healthier food and drink throughout the school day

• Compulsory standards for school food• The School Food Trust was set up to provide independent

advice and support to schools in meeting the standards

• Schools Sports Partnerships, Specialist status• PESSYP (PE and School Sport Strategy for Young

People)• PESSYP Survey• Ofsted focus on healthy lifestyles

Healthy Eating Criteria

• Monitoring food in schools• Practical food education and training• A whole school food policy • Supporting whole school food policy with wider school

community• Eating environment• Food standards for clubs and vending machines• School lunch standards• Menus and food choice monitoring• Balanced diet training and planning• Free drinking water• Consulting for food choices

Physical Activity Criteria

• Physical activity leadership and monitoring• Whole school physical activity policy• Structured physical activity hours• Extra curricular activities• Consulting children and young people• School sports co-ordinators• Encouraging walking and cycling to school• Parents and carers involvement in planning and delivery• Appropriate training• Encouraging all staff

Monks Walk Secondary School

• Healthy Schools embedded throughout the whole school - curriculum, pupil voice and extra curricular activities

• Pupil voice is a strong feature of Monks Walk - pupils were part of the HS group that achieved status plus other pupil voice opportunities throughout the school - pupil parliament, QISS and physical activity choices etc

• A large variety of Physical Activities available to pupils both onsite and offsite - rock climbing, badminton etc and the opportunity to take part in competitions

• Drama production that engages all year groups is a strong example of Healthy Schools at its best

• Excellent choice of food at break and lunch times leading to an increase in income of the service over the last few years

Almond Hill Junior School

• Healthy lifestyles key to the ethos of the school. Led by Headteacher and embraced by whole school community including Governing body and parents

• Young leaders working with and running lunchtime programmes

• Very positive uptake and response from pupils re school meals. Completion of packed lunch survey and changes in contents

• Cooking club – ideas also tried at home• Extensive range of extra curricular activities• Positive engagement with school nurse and targeting

overweight and obese pupils in conjunction with parents

Amwell View Special School

• Their specialism, sport and PA central to school ethos

• Recognition of Physical Activity (PA) as a cross curricula tool and a “language”, pupils can relate to

• Restrictions of travel to school, ameliorated by extensive lunch time and community club opportunities

• Learning outside and links to pupils’ futures are important to all staff, parents and pupils

• Messages around Healthy eating are reinforced across the curriculum

• Every Child Matters practiced, (personalised learning) and the

contribution of PA and healthy eating are key

Applecroft Primary School• Pupil voice to engage children in decisions re clubs, activities• Cross-curricular learning within Healthy Schools, i.e. Flamenco

dancing for Year 2 and learning to speak Spanish• Use of creative and innovative mediums to promote a healthy

lifestyle, i.e. walking to school film, Walk the Globe incentives, Take 10, participation in Feelin' Good Week

• Quality of evidence to support whole school initiatives i.e. folders containing information of policies, procedures, events, campaigns, visits, activities, etc that the school has promoted to support pupils understand how to live a healthy lifestyle

• Large variety of extra-curricular physical activities includes involvement of local community organisations and clubs, parents, tracking of pupils who are reluctant participants in physical activity

• Positive healthy eating experiences through Eat Well scheme, Fine Dine Table, Pupil Choice Menus (annual pupil questionnaires re Pupil Choice)

Hertfordshire Healthy Schools Programme

Annual Subscription• Half day adviser support visit on school identified priority• Two hour recognition visit to celebrate achievement• Attendance at termly PSHE Network meetings• Attendance at Healthy Schools twilight events on key issues    • Attendance at one half day Health and Wellbeing CPD event within the year

• A named adviser from the Health and Wellbeing team to act as a key point of contact • Dedicated advice, consultancy and support by phone or email• Certificates marking your status and your ongoing achievements • Access to leading edge practice via the Hertfordshire Healthy Schools and Centres

Programme website. This includes updates on curriculum developments, resources, events, CPD opportunities and immediate updates on changes to legislation

• Access to downloadable resources including model schemes of work and policies• A range of tailor-made Healthy Schools tools to support your school through the

programme including audit, planning and quality assurance materials• Regular Celebrating Success Booklets - an opportunity to profile your work • Priority invitation to take part in the Health Related Behaviour Questionnaire• Additional support visits are available to purchase throughout the year • Schools in local consortia may combine their half day support visits with other schools in

order to focus on a number of key areas within the programme

Hertfordshire Healthy Schools Programme

Annual Subscription - Benefits• Access to a bespoke localised programme which enables schools to

demonstrate commitment and evidence impact of early intervention work

• The Hertfordshire programme is compliant with Ofsted criteria. Currently, it provides specific evidence for a number of key judgements relating to healthy lifestyles, pupil behaviour and achievement and pupils’ safety. Hertfordshire Healthy Schools will continue to provide significant evidence for the new 4 key focus areas of the Ofsted inspection

• Local authority recognition and celebration of whole school community health and wellbeing

• Dedicated support from Healthy Schools staff with extensive experience and expertise to motivate and develop school policy and practice in relation to all aspects of health and wellbeing

• Local district health information and analysis to inform future school priorities and enable you to match your curriculum to pupils’ needs

Arrangements from April 2011• Schools complete Annual Review (based on 4 core themes) securing the

foundation of effective health and wellbeing• All schools complete Annual Review on yearly basis• Annual Review confirms Healthy School status• Schools are issued with a certificate confirming status• School move on to HS plus model – working on identified key priority in a

more in depth approach • Schools identify priority area to work on from county and local priorities • Action plan produced based on a plan, do, review model linked to school

development plan• Schools access half day support visit – as and when throughout the year• Schools complete action plan• Action plan completed school request Healthy School recognition process• Recognition process completed• Recognition confirms achievements for identified area, certificate awarded • Schools identify next action area • Celebration success booklet produced

Key messages• The HHSP is the universal preventative programme for health and wellbeing in

Hertfordshire. It is the programme of choice for the authority and the recommended framework and recognition process for health and wellbeing outcomes for children and young people

• The HHSP will move towards a more school led programme from April 2011• Hertfordshire as a local authority will formally recognise and acknowledge Healthy

School Status• From April 2011 the Hertfordshire Healthy Schools Programme will operate on a

traded basis in the format of an annual subscription fee of £700 • A pilot for Healthy Children’s Centre will begin from April 2011• The local programme will continue to focus on the four key themes of PSHE,

Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and Emotional Health & Wellbeing• The HHSP is a key delivery mechanism in the local response to tackling childhood

obesity• School evidence recognises the importance of addressing issues of physical

wellbeing alongside attainment and achievement• Data on areas of children’s health and wellbeing will be part of the Joint Strategic

Needs Assessment• Monitoring of the Hertfordshire Healthy Schools Programme to take place within

the new Health and Wellbeing Board