• Guidance on promoting children and young people's mental health and wellbeing: guidance on the eight principles of a whole school or college approach to promoting mental health and wellbeing 

• Teaching about mental wellbeing: practical materials for primary and secondary schools to use to train staff about teaching mental wellbeing.

• PSHE resource library, including lesson plans and assessment tools to help develop the PSHE curriculum

• Better Health School Zone: offers teaching resources for key stages 1,2,3 and 4 to support the relationships, sex and health education curriculum and enable teachers to support the wellbeing of students 

• MindEd: is a free educational resource on children and young people’s mental health for all adults. It includes content curated specifically for school settings for education staff to support and promote children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JWer5IlU_mT9lZS9Byg3mCPiE5wLrloV/edit

School Zone

School Zone website offers curriculum-linked, PSHE Association-accredited resources and inspiration for teachers, from our Better Health resources on nutrition and physical activity for primary teachers to our Every Mind Matters mental health and wellbeing resources and lesson plans for secondary and Year 6 teachers.

Our flexible and easy-to-use resources are created by teachers and include ideas and activities to help you teach a range of topics in KS1 through to KS4. 

Summer can be a welcome chance to rest and reset. For many, it’s an opportunity to slow down, reconnect with ourselves and the things we enjoy. But the holidays don’t feel relaxing for everyone.

Some education staff may find it hard to fully switch off, with September already on their minds. For young people, the change in routine, time away from friends and uncertainty about what’s next can be unsettling.

That’s why looking after our mental health over the summer matters. The break offers space to pause and recharge, but also to build habits that support wellbeing in the long term.

This toolkit contains activities, teaching materials and guidance to help support and boost mental wellbeing over the summer and beyond.
 
It is divided into resources to use with pupils and staff.

Growing healthily and maintaining a healthy weight throughout childhood is important for physical, social and mental wellbeing and readiness to learn. It also lays a foundation for future wellbeing, learning and employment.^, Oral health is also an important part of a child’s general health and wellbeing and contributes to the development of a healthy child as well as school readiness. Children who have tooth decay may have pain, infections, difficulties with eating, sleeping and socialising and may require time off school for dental treatment. Diets lower in sugar can prevent both tooth decay and obesity. Children and young people may themselves recognise the benefits of being a healthy weight and having healthy teeth with some already identifying that they need help to make healthier choices to stay healthy, happy and well.

Schools teach pupils about the importance of good nutrition and being physically fit and healthy to maintain their mental health and wellbeing as well as the benefits of having healthy teeth and gums, this is a statutory requirement through relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education. The Ofsted Inspection Framework (2023) includes a judgement on the personal development of learners which includes evaluating the extent to which the curriculum and the provider’s wider network helps learners to know how to keep physically and mentally healthy.^,

Things to consider :

using Sports Premium funding to support the needs of all pupils to decrease inactivity levels

National resources to encourage physical activity

• What works in schools and colleges to increase physical activity: a resource for head teachers, college principals, staff working in education settings, school nurses, directors of public health, county sports partnerships and wider partners. An overview of the evidence and local examples about what works in schools and colleges to increase levels of physical activity in children and young people

• Active mile briefings: provides information about the evidence on active mile initiatives, ideas for how to implement them and examples of practice. It recommends that schools deliver at least 30 minutes of the recommended daily 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity for children

• School Games: inspiring millions of young people across the country to take part in appropriate competitive school sport

• Physical activity guidelines for 5 to 18 year olds: Chief Medical Officer’s physical activity guidelines infographic for 5 to 18 year olds

• Physical activity in disabled children and disabled young people – evidence review and physical activity infographic: Chief Medical Officer’s guidelines on physical activity for disabled children and young people

• The Daily Mile: a simple and free initiative to encourage children to run, walk or jog for 15 minutes every day

healthy catering, using Sports Premium funding, water only schools, Daily Mile, active travel, Holiday Activity Fund support

National resources to encourage healthy eating

• NHS Food Scanner app schools materials: teaching resources to help pupils explore what is in their food and drink and swap unhealthy foods that are high in saturated fat, sugar and salt, to healthier choices as part of wider lessons on healthy eating. The app is free to download from the App Store and Google Play

• Healthy Steps – guidance for schools: guidance for schools to support delivering a whole school approach to healthy eating and supporting families

• Standards for school food in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk): guidance on the standards for planning and providing food in schools

• School food standards: resources for schools - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk): resources to help schools plan and provide healthy food in schools

• Creating a culture and ethos of healthy eating: supporting pupils to gain knowledge of how to keep themselves healthy and making informed choices about healthy eating and fitness 

• Free school meals: guidance for schools and local authorities: guidance for schools and local authorities about providing school meals including information on free school meal eligibility 

• The Eatwell Guide: a visual tool which summarises government recommendations on eating healthily and achieving a balanced diet. The Eatwell Guide image and Eatwell Guide booklet are included in the list of resources

• Let’s Get Cooking: a hub of information about providing healthy children’s food offering 15 training courses for schools and caterers related to improving food for children

• School Food Policy | Connects-food: a resource to support primary schools develop their whole school approach to food 

School Nursing Service | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

1. School Nurse - Parents Leaflet (PDF printable resource)

2. School Nurse - service information for young people (PDF printable resource)

Healthy School Environments - Guidance for Governors

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-food-standards-resources-for-schools/school-food-guidance-for-governors

Every day can be a fresh start. Yes, "today" can be the perfect day to make a change in your life by stopping smoking, for yourself and your family. Yesterday’s struggles or past quit attempts don’t matter—what matters is today.

Gloji | Smokefree City & Hackney is the local stop smoking service for adults and children (12+ years) who live, work, study or have a GP in Hackney or in the City of London.

You can choose to be supported over the phone or in person at a range of key community locations, primary care practices, and a wide range of local pharmacies.

We offer

• 12 weeks of support to help you quit, with your own dedicated stop smoking advisor;

• FREE direct supply NRT (combination) or Vapes for the first 12 weeks of quitting;

• Unlimited online gym pass.

You have the power to decide when to make changes in your life. When you're ready to quit smoking, come and talk to us.

• To access the service You can contact Smokefree City & Hackney by calling 0800 054 1190 or emailing cityandhackney@gloji.co.uk or tt1.smokefreecityandhackney@nhs.net to find out more and book an appointment;

• or speak to your GP practice for more details and a referral.

• Visit our website for more info https://www.smokefreecityandhackney.org

The Asthma Friendly Schools programme sets out clear, effective partnership arrangements between health, education and local authorities for managing children and young people with asthma at primary and secondary schools. This short film describes why schools should become asthma friendly and how the London Schools Guide and this Asthma Toolkit can help.

Becoming an Asthma Friendly School means that schools will have the following in place:

1. Register of all children and young people with asthma.

2. Management plan for each child. (note: a school wide emergency asthma plan is a viable alternative to an individual school asthma plan. See these slides from the school nursing team at Newham for more information.)

3. Named individual responsible for asthma in each school.

4. Policy for inhaler techniques and care of the children and young people with asthma.

5. Policy regarding emergency treatment.

6. System for identifying children who are missing school because of their asthma or who are not partaking in sports or other activities due to poor control.

This guide enables schools to manage children and young people with asthma effectively in the pre-school, early years, primary and secondary school setting. It includes templates and checklists to practically support schools to become asthma friendly.

• Download the schools guide

• Download the Supply of Salbutamol Inhalers to Schools Pharmacy Guide

• School Zone dental resources: developed for Better Health, the new KS1 and KS2 dental lesson plans are the first in a series of Better Health school resources to help pupils and their families learn about healthier eating habits

• Improving oral health: supervised tooth brushing programme toolkit - A toolkit to support commissioning of supervised tooth brushing programmes in schools

• e-Bug lesson plans on oral hygiene for key stage 1

• e-Bug lesson plans on oral hygiene for key stage 2

  
  

The Dental Outreach Team in Hackney is an NHS service focused on prevention and education. The team aims to reduce the tooth decay rate in Hackney - 27% of five year olds have tooth decay in Hackney and this figure is higher than the national average of 25%. 

The good news is tooth decay is preventable. 

The team offers the following services across the borough:

• The NEW Tooth Friendly Nursery Scheme 2023 - Fast Track to Gold

• The fluoride varnish programme (school-based)

• The Supervised Toothbrushing Programme for SEND schools (school-based)

• Train the Trainer Sessions

• Oral Health Champion Training

• Engagement and information sessions

The new guidance places 'pupil engagement' top of a list of guiding principles, with parent engagement and transparency, 'positivity', and relevance also featuring. 

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One-day SEND specialist relationships and sex education (RSE) course is for PSHE leads, SENCO, teaching staff and members of the senior leadership team in special schools, supporting learners with additional and unique learning needs. 

This foundation course gives RSE leads and delivering teachers the opportunity to explore the requirements of the statutory RSHE guidance in respect of learners with additional needs, and to  address values and attitudes towards RSE in the SEND learning environment. 

15th October 9.30-15.30

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• Health assessments

• Supporting children with disabilities or additional health needs whether in a special or a mainstream school environment

• Safeguarding children

• Vapes are generally not permitted within school – ensure that you are aware of school policy surrounding vaping.

• Vapes are recommended for people who wish to stop smoking, not for young people.

The law

• These products are intended for adults only.

• Vapes are not recommended for non-smokers.

• The legal age to buy vapes in the UK is 18 years old. The law which made it illegal to sell e-cigarettes or vape juice to anyone under 18 came into force on 1 October 2015. Anyone under the age of 18 cannot legally purchase any vaping equipment, including liquids and devices, therefore should not be able to vape before this age.

Health implications

• What we do not know is just as important as what we do know… Vaping contains unregulated chemicals whose long term effects are unknown.

• Breathing in anything may have side effects.

• Vaping contains nicotine which can have some negative effects on brain development in young people.

• Nicotine is addictive as it affects the “rewarding part of the brain,” and can cause negative implications such as financial and health issues.

Side effects

• It can make you feel irritable, restless and lose concentration

• Coughing

• Dry mouth

• Shortness of breath

• Mouth and throat irritation

• Headaches

If you would like support with cutting down or quitting vaping, we would like to help. The Young Hackney Substance Misuse Service is open to anyone aged under 25. It’s free and confidential. We can give you advice and support if you’re worried about your own usage of vapes, or if you’re worried that a friend or family member has a problem with vaping.

The Young Hackney Substance Misuse Service is open to anyone aged under 25. It’s free and completely confidential. We can give you advice and support if you’re worried about your own substance use, or if you’re worried that a friend or family member has a problem with drugs or alcohol.

If you, a friend or a family member is thinking of quitting or cutting down we would like to help.

GET IN TOUCH

We aim to give you the facts about drugs and alcohol – the highs as well as the lows, which means you can make your own choices.

• Vapes are generally not permitted within school – ensure that you are aware of school policy surrounding vaping.

• Vapes are recommended for people who wish to stop smoking, not for young people.

The law

• These products are intended for adults only.

• Vapes are not recommended for non-smokers.

• The legal age to buy vapes in the UK is 18 years old. The law which made it illegal to sell e-cigarettes or vape juice to anyone under 18 came into force on 1 October 2015. Anyone under the age of 18 cannot legally purchase any vaping equipment, including liquids and devices, therefore should not be able to vape before this age.

Health implications

• What we do not know is just as important as what we do know… Vaping contains unregulated chemicals whose long term effects are unknown.

• Breathing in anything may have side effects.

• Vaping contains nicotine which can have some negative effects on brain development in young people.

• Nicotine is addictive as it affects the “rewarding part of the brain,” and can cause negative implications such as financial and health issues.

Side effects

• It can make you feel irritable, restless and lose concentration

• Coughing

• Dry mouth

• Shortness of breath

• Mouth and throat irritation

• Headaches

If you would like support with cutting down or quitting vaping, we would like to help. The Young Hackney Substance Misuse Service is open to anyone aged under 25. It’s free and confidential. We can give you advice and support if you’re worried about your own usage of vapes, or if you’re worried that a friend or family member has a problem with vaping.

The Young Hackney Substance Misuse Service is open to anyone aged under 25. It’s free and completely confidential. We can give you advice and support if you’re worried about your own substance use, or if you’re worried that a friend or family member has a problem with drugs or alcohol.

If you, a friend or a family member is thinking of quitting or cutting down we would like to help.

GET IN TOUCH

We aim to give you the facts about drugs and alcohol – the highs as well as the lows, which means you can make your own choices.

targeted, evidence-based and prevention-

focused educational interventions that

build on the knowledge, self-esteem and

resilience of young people to enable them

to lead healthier and safer lives, both now

and in the future. The team is comprised

of professionals from a variety of

backgrounds, such as youth work and

counselling, and experience in working

with young people in sexual health,

community and educational settings.

We deliver free Relationship & Sex (RSE)

and Personal Social, Health & Economic

(PSHE) workshops for young people aged

5-19 (up to 25 with additional needs). We

work in all schools, further education

colleges, youth clubs, alternative

education providers and through ad-hoc

outreach at relevant events. We use a

combination of visual/ auditory teaching,

videos and discussion exercises, whereby

young people are encouraged to reflect,

draw their own conclusions and come up

with their own questions and ways of

thinking about the subject at hand.

Lessons are designed to be as interactive

as possible and allow participants to

explore their attitudes, knowledge and

skills, but remain culturally appropriate

for young people of global majority

heritage and/or disadvantaged

communities.

In this guide, you're going to find out what racism is, where it comes from and what you can do if you see or suffer from racism.

developed for the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID). Please read this guidance

carefully before teaching any of the lessons.

In this podcast episode, Danielle Harris, the NSPCC's Childline Team Manager, discusses the financially motivated online sexual extortion of boys with Marie Smith, who oversees the CEOP education programme based within the National Crime Agency.

The discussion covered:

• what online financial sexual extortion is

• how to spot the signs

• how to support boys who are experiencing online sexual extortion

• how to report real and AI generated images.

We’re helping schools on their journey to zero carbon by 2030. Let’s Go Zero supports schools, colleges and nurseries in cutting their carbon, becoming better places to work, learn and play.

Our support is free, friendly and tailored to the needs of individual schools. There’s help to develop a climate action plan – now a must for all schools – and support to access funding for green projects, from solar panels to uniform swap-shops. And our Climate Action Advisors are on-hand with practical solutions and ideas.  

Do you want your school to enjoy lower energy bills, better buildings, thriving outdoor spaces and planet-friendly food? Then join Let’s Go Zero.

Senior staff can register their school for support today. Other teachers and parents can get help inspiring their school leaders to join, and discover engaging climate resources and activities. Your sign-up has a wider impact too – amplifying our call for politicians to transform schools.

You can also help a young person aged under 18 to use the Report Remove tool to see if the image or video can be taken down, and Childline can provide further support. 

> Learn more about how to respond appropriately to incidents of sexting

Immunisation means both receiving a vaccine and then becoming immune to a disease. A full dose of vaccination generally provides immunity similar to that provided by the natural infection, but without the risk of the disease or its complications. When children and young people receive all the vaccinations included in the National routine childhood immunisation programme, this has a direct positive impact on their health and wellbeing, as well as their communities.

Achieving high levels of immunity against vaccine preventable diseases is vital to reduce the spread of infection and prevent outbreaks. High levels of immunity can result in herd immunity, whereby the protection from immunisation programmes extends to individuals who cannot be vaccinated for a number of reasons.

Evidence shows that delivering immunisations in schools reduces health disparities by making access to vaccines easier for all, for example parents don’t need to take time off work to book immunisation appointments and children who are not registered with a GP are included.

The offer of the adolescent vaccines in school is an important opportunity to check that children are up to date with all their routine immunisations and to ensure they are caught up.

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​We are running catch up clinics in your area. See below for the dates and locations of the clinics.

You can contact Smokefree City & Hackney by calling 0800 046 9946 or emailing cityandhackney@gloji.co.uk.

This might be through organised after school activities or a programme organised by a local sporting club or association. Sometimes sporting activity is used as a means to encourage young people to engage in additional learning activities, such as football training at a local football club combined with study skills, ICT, literacy, or mathematics lessons.

Physical activity has important benefits in terms of health, wellbeing and physical development. These benefits have important value in themselves, however, this Toolkit entry focuses on the benefits of physical activity for core academic attainment particularly literacy and mathematics.

About the PE and sport premium

Into its eleventh year, the Primary PE and Sport Premium supports schools to ensure equal access, support all pupils to be active for 60 minutes a day and ensure the delivery of two hours of quality PE for all pupils.

Premium funding should be used to achieve at least one of the following:

• Making additional and sustainable improvements to the PE, sport and physical activity they provide

• Providing or improving equal access to sport for boys and girls

• Ensuring teachers have relevant skills and knowledge to confidently teach PE in a structured way, prioritising continued professional development and training where needed.

You can read the full guidance, including examples of how to and how not to spend your premium, on the DfE website.

School governor’s play a crucial role in ensuring accountability and effective use of the funding specific to the context of their school. The Department for Education (DfE) and the Local Government Association (LGA), have created a monitoring tool which sets out areas of focus for governing boards evaluating PE and sport premium spending decisions. You can find it here.

We understand this is a hugely challenging time for businesses and organisations and recognise the vital role you play in supporting employee wellbeing. 

Our research shows that many people are finding it tough to stay physically active under coronavirus (Covid-19) restrictions, yet there is growing evidence it’s more important now than ever for both employee and business health.

Using the new guidance will help schools to meet both the ambitions of the national curriculum and the Chief Medical Officers’ physical activity guidelines, which recommends that children should take part in moderate to vigorous physical activity for an average of 60 minutes a day.

From our fun 10 Minute Shake Up games to information about active hobbies and sports, here's everything you need to get your family moving!

• Get support from the top! Discuss with school administrators the idea of inviting parents to physical education class. Talk about the benefits of having parents observe the classroom, and decide what key points you want to share with parents.

• Choose when to invite parents. Will you pick a typical week or choose a special national observance like Every Kid Healthy Week, Take Your Parent to PE Week, or National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.

• Collaborate with your parent group and classroom teachers to increase involvement.

• Let your administrators and office staff know when parents are coming to school so they can anticipate extra visitors.

• During PE class, provide information about how:

• The curriculum aims to support children achieve and maintain a healthy, physically active lifestyle.

  • Daily physical education teaches skills and concepts, develops fitness, helps students assess their fitness status and develop strategies to improve skills and knowledge for gaining and maintaining personal health-related fitness.

  • The curriculum uses technology, various movement forms, and a variety of fitness activities to help students develop their skills and knowledge.

  • The PE supports the school’s Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP).

  • Parents can help students continue to build their fitness skills at home. Sixty minutes per day of physical activity is the goal for kids (30 minutes per day for adults).

This GLA toolkit contains information, a template policy and letter to parents and case studies to inspire your school to become a water only school

All the workshops are run by school food experts. This includes award-winning chefs and qualified nutritionists.

They can hold individual workshops or training days for your team.

We offer free, confidential bereavement support for individuals, couples, children, young people, and families, by telephone, video or instant messenger, wherever you live in the UK. We also offer face-to-face support from a number of locations.

This short video won't take that pain away, but it does have some ideas based on what other young people have said, that might help you through it.

Below the video we've included links to some charities who offer a range of support for young people who may be grieving.  You can look at each organisation, read their advice and contact them direct if you would like someone to talk to or need support.

Parents should be encouraged to share their asthma action plan with their child’s school and any activity clubs that they regularly attend.

RightBreathe has videos on how to use different inhalers

The UK Inhaler Group (UKIG) has developed a set of standards and competencies for healthcare practitioners to enable them to work with patients to optimise technique and maximise the benefit of the medication.

The children, young people and families section of the London asthma toolkit also has information on inhalers. 

The health effects of air pollution on asthma are described in this webinar and associated slides, recorded as part of the #AskAboutAsthma campaign in 2023.

Understanding the geographical disparities is key if the current Government is to meet its manifesto commitments of raising the healthiest generation of children ever, halving the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poorest, reducing child poverty and ending the need for food banks.

This visualisation highlights areas where progress has been made, as well as areas of concern, empowering policymakers, with evidence to target intervention where it is needed most.

Explore how your constituency compares on key metrics including child poverty, dental health, diabetes, fast food outlet density, food insecurity, life expectancy and childhood obesity.

To zoom in on a map, hold the Ctrl key and scroll. Click and drag to move around.

More information about the metrics and methodology can be found in the technical annex

It's Not OK reinforces the importance of building and maintaining positive relationships and recognising and responding to abusive and exploitative behaviour relating to:

• online safety

• grooming

• sexting

• harmful sexual behaviour

• child sexual abuse

• child sexual exploitation.

The films have a suggested lesson plan with activities for young people to complete to help them understand the issues that are raised.

The page provides information on our programmes of work and the different ways we can provide support.

targeted, evidence-based and prevention focused educational interventions that

build on the knowledge, self-esteem and

resilience of young people to enable them

to lead healthier and safer lives, both now

and in the future. The team is comprised

of professionals from a variety of

backgrounds, such as youth work and

counselling, and experience in working

with young people in sexual health,

community and educational settings.

We deliver free Relationship, Sex & Health

Education (RSHE) and Personal Social,

Health & Economic (PSHE) workshops for

young people aged 5-19 (up to 25 with

additional needs). We work in all schools,

further education colleges, youth clubs,

alternative education providers and

through ad-hoc outreach at relevant

events. We use a combination of visual/

auditory teaching, videos and discussion

exercises, whereby young people are

encouraged to reflect, draw their own

conclusions and come up with their own

questions and ways of thinking about the

subject at hand. Lessons are designed to

be as interactive as possible and allow

participants to explore their attitudes,

knowledge and skills, but remain

culturally appropriate for young people of

global majority heritage and/or

marginalised communities.

targeted, evidence-based and preventionfocused educational interventions that

build on the knowledge, self-esteem and

resilience of young people to enable them

to lead healthier and safer lives, both now

and in the future. The team is comprised

of professionals from a variety of

backgrounds, such as youth work and

counselling, and experience in working

with young people in sexual health,

community and educational settings.

We deliver free Relationship, Sex & Health

Education (RSHE) and Personal Social,

Health & Economic (PSHE) workshops for

young people aged 5-19 (up to 25 with

additional needs). We work in all schools,

further education colleges, youth clubs,

alternative education providers and

through ad-hoc outreach at relevant

events. We use a combination of visual/

auditory teaching, videos and discussion

exercises, whereby young people are

encouraged to reflect, draw their own

conclusions and come up with their own

questions and ways of thinking about the

subject at hand. Lessons are designed to

be as interactive as possible and allow

participants to explore their attitudes,

knowledge and skills, but remain

culturally appropriate for young people of

global majority heritage and/or

marginalised communities.

Sign up free of charge to access our films, lesson plans, assembly packs, self-assessment checklist and first aid advice and more. Allergy School resources: Help children with food allergies feel empowered, included and protected.

Find out how we can help you teach excellent RSE

We are commissioned by the London Borough of Hackney and the City of London to provide school-based health services to children and young people attending state-maintained schools from reception to leaving school in the area. We offer the following:

• Health assessments

• Supporting children with disabilities or additional health needs whether in a special or a mainstream school environment

• Safeguarding children

Confidentiality
No information in your child’s school health record will be disclosed without your permission. Where necessary, consent will be sought from parents and carers before any referrals are made.

SBHS school referral form

Whether you need advice on better meal planning, getting your 5 A Day, cutting down on sugar, you're one step away from getting practical, easy tips delivered straight to your inbox.

Take our simple quiz to find out which one of our 8-week email plans is right for you.

For Education and Healthcare staff working in Education Settings

See our learning programme on “Every Interaction matters” and “Wellbeing for Education Return” for easy to use slide sets, webinar recordings and tools.

See also our tips for education staff to look after themselves and colleagues and browse our wider resources which will be of relevance. See our Education learning paths section for an idea of what other services have selected.

• gain knowledge of how to keep themselves healthy

• make informed choices about healthy eating, and fitness

The following questions and examples of evidence can help school leaders and governing bodies adopt a whole school approach to food.

Proactive measures and response:

● Preventing and controlling infection

● Planning ahead of outbreaks

● Reporting cases and outbreaks

● Mild illness guide

● Actions to take before cold weather

● Actions to take during cold weather

Additional resources

and Signposting, Measles in Educational

Settings, MMR and Chickenpox

Immunisation Update, Scenarios: Hepatitis A, Vaccination & Scarlet Fever in Education

Settings, Safe Travel Health

Advice

Menstrual justice is a rights-based, intersectional approach that seeks to:​

• Dismantle systemic barriers

• Challenge discriminatory social constructs

• Address structural inequities ​related to menstruation

It is aimed at health and social care professionals and any with a role in reducing the harm extended periods of hot weather can have on health. The service covers England only.

categories of physical climate change

adaptation and resilience measures

relevant to schools in London, which

can help to address the three main

climate change impacts and risks of

overheating, flooding and water

scarcity.

Well, great news – you can. All through our School Plates Programme.

Join over 1,500 schools in London today and be part of the solution.

Our programme has already supported over 100 catering partners to boost plants on plates. This year, School Plates won the prestigious All Party Parliamentary Group Excellence in School Food Award 2025/2026 in the group category.

We want all young people across the UK to understand healthy behaviours in relationships and recognise their right to be safe, heard and respected. And we want them to know how to get help from a safe adult if they need it.

Bold Waters is a social impact movement using nature and open water to build confidence, connection, and long-term change.

We exist to challenge the deep inequities around access to swimming, safety, and nature, particularly for communities historically excluded from aquatic and outdoor spaces. Drowning is a global issue that disproportionately affects these communities, and for too long, many have felt excluded from aquatic and outdoor spaces.

Bold Waters is changing that.

Our work is multi-layered and cross generational, combining swim safety and water confidence with wellness, employability, and leadership. We create practical pathways that remove barriers and empower people not just to participate but to lead.

At the heart of Bold Waters is a belief:

Nature is for everyone. Water is for everyone. Leadership is for everyone.

Through four core programmes, we support individuals at every stage:

• Fear to Flow (All ages 14+): we run under and over 18 sessions a supportive entry point for those facing fear or uncertainty around water, designed to build comfort, awareness, and open water confidence

• WaveMakers (14–21): an introduction to water safety, nature, and wellbeing

• Ripple Effect Retreats (Adults): immersive experiences for rest, reconnection, and water confidence

• Global Flow (16-25): an international leadership and employability programme with real world qualifications and global teaching placements.

  
  

Whether it’s your first time in open water or the start of a new career, Bold Waters opens the door to possibility, purpose, and global impact.

• Improve eating behaviours and relationship with food

• Build positive body image

• Identify concerns around body image and disordered eating

That’s why we’ve partnered with GoHenry. Through their app and debit card, kids aged 6-18 learn to save, invest, earn and spend – building skills and confidence for life.

On their mission to make every kid smart with money, they’ve been campaigning for 5 years to make financial education part of the curriculum from primary school age. In 2025, they reached their goal. But their hard work doesn’t stop there!

Money lessons won’t reach schools until 2028. That’s years of missed learning for kids. So GoHenry made their award-winning Money Missions completely free on YouTube – over 80 short lessons to help children build real money skills now. Simple, practical learning that fits into busy family life. Try them today.

Raise money-smart kids and money for your school

And big news! GoHenry is now supporting schools too. Every time a parent joins GoHenry through the school's PTA, they will donate £25. Just imagine all the trips, tech and clubs that could fund!

Each booklet contains practical, evidence-informed guidance to help you stay safer when using drugs, whether you’re partying, connecting, exploring, or supporting a friend.

Sex, Drugs & Care 4 All (SDC4ALL) is a collaborative programme between The Love Tank and Antidote. It brings together everything we do to support safer, more informed, and more compassionate approaches to chems use within queer and trans communities. 

It's a win-win!

Students develop essential skills for life and work, from leadership to public speaking, while your school benefits from a stronger student voice and meaningful improvements that make the dining hall fairer, healthier, and inclusive for everyone.

Students have successfully:

• Influenced menu changes and increased healthier options

• Improved canteen layout and reduced queues

• Engaged catering teams and decision-makers in meaningful dialogue

• Run student-led campaigns with measurable impact

If you're a school in England, apply now to begin your Bite Back in Schools journey in Autumn 2026.

You can talk about anything. Whether it’s something big or small, our trained counsellors are here to support you.

Childline is free, confidential and available any time, day or night. You can talk to us:

• by calling 0800 1111

• by email

• through 1-2-1 counsellor chat

Whatever feels best for you. 

• providing support early, spotting mental health problems before they develop and helping children and young people cope with challenges throughout their lives

• using an effective therapeutic approach backed by research that combines several ways of working

• offering a range of mental health support services, including advice and support for families and school staff, to build resilience and raise awareness of mental health across the whole school community.

Schools must provide a safe environment for all their pupils, with policies to support children with medical conditions and with the number of schools-aged children with allergic conditions on the rise, it is estimated that, on average, most school classes in the UK will have one or two children with food allergy.

AllergyWise® is the UK’s most comprehensive allergy training for schools – trusted by educators and written by leading experts in medicine and education. Our CPD-certified courses are fully updated to reflect current guidance from the Department for Education and Department of Health, and are clinically endorsed to ensure accuracy, safety, and compliance.

What you’ll learn:

• How to recognise and respond to allergic reactions and anaphylaxis

• When and how to use adrenaline auto-injectors

• Practical, everyday strategies to keep pupils with allergies safe

• Key responsibilities under current legislation

Feeling lonely is not something to be embarrassed about. We can all feel lonely, regardless of life experiences, age, or background. 

Everyone will have a different experience of loneliness and different reasons for why they are feeling this way. There is no one way to effectively deal with loneliness but lots of different things that can and do help.

We do not provide direct services or have a helpline, but lots of support is available from charities. Visit our helpful links page for more information on the support available. Your are not alone.

We empower young people with the confidence, skills and networks needed to launch their careers, while working with employers to make the systems change needed for underrepresented young people to thrive.

We empower young people with the confidence, skills and networks needed to launch their careers, while working with employers to make the systems change needed for underrepresented young people to thrive.

At the heart of this exclusion lies a critical yet often overlooked barrier: discriminatory and outdated sports kit policies that fail to accommodate the diverse needs, preferences, and identities of these underrepresented communities.

Far too often, traditional sports kit policies have been designed with a narrow, homogeneous population in mind, disregarding the rich diversity of bodies, beliefs, and experiences that make up our sporting communities, leading to alarming dropout rates, especially for teenage girls.

A lack of diversity acts as a barrier to the opportunity to progress in sport both recreationally and professionally as well as a profound sense of disconnection from the joys and benefits of physical activity.

End Suicide—Not just the immediate Crisis

Current systems of care often provide short-term interventions, leaving the root causes untouched. Our evidenced trauma-informed care goes deeper, saving lives, restoring hope and building a future that each person feels is worth living.

Contact our dedicated Talk Relationships Helpline for advice on:

• how to respond to questions or concerns from students, parents or carers

• preparing a response to questions you think you may be asked

• managing a safeguarding concern or disclosure

• managing anxieties about delivering sex and relationships education.

We are committed to supporting people working in secondary education to overcome any challenges they may face when delivering sex and relationships education. If there are any other related topics you want to discuss, please contact the Helpline and we will do our best to support you.

How to contact us

Call 0800 389 5347 or email help@nspcc.org.uk with "Talk Relationships" in the subject line.

We are available from 8am-8pm Monday to Friday and 9am-6pm on Saturday and Sunday.

Contact our dedicated Talk Relationships Helpline for advice on:

• how to respond to questions or concerns from students, parents or carers

• preparing a response to questions you think you may be asked

• managing a safeguarding concern or disclosure

• managing anxieties about delivering sex and relationships education.

We are committed to supporting people working in secondary education to overcome any challenges they may face when delivering sex and relationships education. If there are any other related topics you want to discuss, please contact the Helpline and we will do our best to support you.

How to contact us

Call 0800 389 5347 or email help@nspcc.org.uk with "Talk Relationships" in the subject line.

We are available from 8am-8pm Monday to Friday and 9am-6pm on Saturday and Sunday.