National Healthy Schools Programme Progress Report

The National Healthy Schools Programme was established in 1999 as a joint Department of Health (DH) and Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) initiative. At that time, local programmes could determine which themes and criteria they wanted to implement locally. In September 2005 a new more rigorous approach was introduced to create national consistency. All schools now achieving National Healthy School Status must have met national criteria using a whole school approach across the four core themes.

To date, 96% of schools have joined the National Healthy Schools Programme, and 56% have achieved Healthy School Status.

This section of the website will shortly enable schools, local programmes and regions to input and monitor their progress in achieving healthy school status.