Audit Tools and Handbook The Core Themes CHSP Training Healthy Schools Plus

Introduction to the Healthy Schools Core Themes

National Healthy School Status requires schools to meet criteria in four core themes.

These criteria relate not only to the taught curriculum but also to the emotional,
physical and learning environment that the school provides. There are a number of
specific actions that schools need to take if they are to be recognised as healthy
schools. Many schools are already engaged in these activities and achieving
recognition need not be onerous.

Schools are asked to demonstrate evidence in the core themes using a whole
school approach involving the whole school community:

• Personal Social and Health Education including sex and relationship
  education and drug education (including alcohol, tobacco, and volatile
  substance abuse)
• healthy eating
• physical activity
• emotional health and well- being (including bullying)

Download an introduction to the National Healthy Schools Programme Introduction to the National Healthy Schools Programme (pdf document).

All the documents are in your Support Material ring binder and you can also download them from the National Healthy Schools website.

CHSP Guidance Pack for schools and initial Audit Tool