About Healthy Schools

Healthy Schools is an exciting long-term initiative that helps young people and their schools to be healthy.

The programme isn't just about physical health, it's about good health and happiness inside and out.

And it's not just about pupils either; a Healthy School involves the whole school community, from parents to governors to school staff, in improving their health and their happiness and getting the most out of life.

National Healthy School Status provides a school with rigorous evidence demonstrating that it is meeting the five national outcomes of Every Child Matters. It is also a major contributor in helping schools to collect robust evidence for Ofsted's Pupil Wellbeing Indicators.

Cornwall Healthy Schools is the local programme providing support, training, resources and guidance for all schools, including Short Stay Schools, in Cornwall. There are several strands to Healthy Schools in Cornwall, read more.

A Healthy School is...

One that is successful in helping pupils to do their best and build on their achievements. It is committed to ongoing improvement and development. It promotes physical and emotional health by providing accessible and relevant information and equipping pupils and staff with the skills and attitudes to make informed decisions about their health.

In a Healthy School the importance of investing in health to assist in the process of raising children and young people's achievement levels and improving standards is well understood and the need to provide a physical and social environment conducive to work and learning is recognised.