Supporting schools to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people
National
Supplementary content and guidance can be found from a wide range of local and national sources. This may include: evidence of what works, toolkits, advice, good practice and case studies.
Whole School Approach
- The link between pupil health and wellbeing and attainment (DoH, 2014)
- Promoting fundamental British values through SMSC (DfE, 2014)
- Female Genital Mutilation: guidelines to protect women and girls (DfE, 2014)
- Keeping Children Safe in Education (DfE, 2016)
- Child sexual exploitation: definition and guide for practitioners (DfE, 2017)
- The sexual exploitation of children: it couldn't hapen here, could it? (Ofsted, 2014)
- Listening to and involving children and young people (DfE 2014)
- Supporting Pupils at School with Medical Conditions (DfE, 2015)
- DfE and ACPO drug advice for schools (DfE & ACPO, 2012)
- Screening, searching & confiscation (DfE 2012)
- Addressing youth violence and gangs (Home Office, 2013)
- Working together to safeguard children (DfE, 2017)
- Harmful online challenges and online hoaxes (DfE, 2021)
PSHE education
- Relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education (DfE, 2019)
- Programme of Study for PSHE Education: Key stages 1-5 (PSHE Association, 2020)
- Delivery is just as important as content in sex and relationship education (University of Bristol, 2017)
- Guidance on teaching about consent at key stages 3 and 4 (PSHE Association, 2015)
- Personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education: a review of impact and effective practice (DfE, 2015)
- Frequently asked questions on pornography and sharing of sexual images in PSHE education (PSHE Association, 2014)
- Quality standards for effective alcohol and drug education (Mentor-ADEPIS, 2014)
- Involving families affected by substance use in alcohol and drug education (Mentor-ADEPIS, 2014)
- Not yet good enough: personal, social, health and economic education in schools (Ofsted 2013)
- Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education survey visits (Ofsted, 2013) (No current subject survey visits. Document for reference only)
- Inspecting e-safety (Ofsted, 2014) previous guidance for reference
- PSHE at key stages 1-4 Guidance on assessment, recording and reporting (QCA, 2005)
Healthy Weight
Emotional Health and Wellbeing
- Help and advice on tackling prejudice-based bullying in schools (Equality & Human Rights Commission, 2018)
- Supporting mental health in schools and colleges (DfE, 2017)
- PSHE Key standards in teaching about body image (PSHE Association 2015)
- Preparing to teach about mental health and emotional health and wellbeing (PSHE Association, 2015)
- Promoting children and young people's emotional health and wellbeing. A whole school and college approach (PHE, 2015)
- Building children and young people's resilience in schools (PHE, 2014)
- Bullying at School, including the law (Gov.uk)
- Cyberbullying: Advice for headteachers and staff (DfE, 2014)
- Mental health and behaviour in schools (DfE, 2016)
- Preventing and Tackling Bullying (DfE, 2017)
- Ofsted's equality objectives 2016 to 2020 (Ofsted, 2016)
- What works in tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic (HBT) bullying among school-age children and young people? (NatCen, 2014)
