Whole-school health links
Guidelines for schools to develop and implement a whole-school food policy can be found using the links below (note that this list is not comprehensive).
The Food in Schools Programme encourages primary and secondary schools
to set up local food partnerships, where secondary food specialists train
and support their primary colleagues, helping them to work towards the National
Healthy Schools Standard.
Download a copy of these guides:
Follow the links below for more information:
- The Food in Schools (FIS) Programme: a joint venture between the Department of Health and the DfES. This website provides further information on the FIS Programme, frequently asked questions and links to other related websites.
- See the Food in Schools audit tool for a whole-school approach.
- British Nutrition Foundation: provides information on food and nutrition, and how to develop a whole-school food policy.
- Design and Technology Association: the objective of the association is to 'promote the advancement of education and in particular but not exclusively to support, encourage, promote, develop and maintain design and technological education in all its branches'.
- Pupil participation: this guidance provides a basis for involving children and young people in decisions affecting all aspects of the life of the school. It includes examples of good practice for schools to use and adapt as they choose.
- School Nutrition Action Group (SNAG): this site will help you tackle the education and health issues that the school has to consider. Keep up to date with SNAG activities throughout the country to help you develop a school food policy in your own area.
- The Dish it up!: CD-Rom interactive multi-media offers enormous potential as a medium to develop school-focused nutrition education interventions and can be designed around effective models of behaviour change.
- Local Healthy Schools Programme: every LEA in England is working in partnership with primary care trusts (PCTs) to manage a local healthy schools programme. Each programme has a local coordinator and a team from education and health supporting its management and delivery. To find out the contact details for a local healthy-school programme, select your region on the Local healthy-school programme site.
- Read the latest news from the Health Education Trust.
Take a look at the four sites listed below for young people, covering a range of health topics.
- Welltown: for 5-7-year-olds (KS 1)
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Galaxy-H: for 7-11-year-olds (KS 2)
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LifeBytes: for 11-14-year-olds (KS 3)
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Mind, Body and Soul: for 14-16-year-olds (KS 4)
This website is a joint collaboration between NHS Health Scotland and the Scottish Executive to promote Scotland's healthy-living programme. It is designed to help you become more healthy by providing resources, advice and support on healthy eating and physical activity.
Contact the National Governors' Council for information for governors about the contibution they can make to developing healthy food and nutrition in their schools.
See the Starting Early: Food and Nutrition Education of your Children Ofsted 2004 report on whole-school approaches with good-practice case studies in relation to food in the curriculum, extra-curricular activities and food provision.
The sustainable development action plan includes procurement, and explains sustainable development as an approach to the curriculum and the management of a school. Have a look at the Food Procurement Plan.
Look out for the new procurement guidance which will be available in the near future.
The Schools Purchasing Guide aims to help all types and sizes of school to make informed purchasing decisions and to encourage schools to exercise choices.
