Humberston Academy achieved National Healthy School Status in July 2008.  The National Healthy Schools programme is an audit which enables schools/colleges to look closely at the choices they are offering their students as a whole and adapt them to best fit their individual needs.

Every Child Matters: Change for Children is a comprehensive approach to the wellbeing of children and young people from birth to age 19.  It places national outcomes for children and young people firmly at the centre of all policies and approaches involving children’s services.

Every Child Matters expects organisations providing services to children and young people, including schools/colleges, to work together in more integrated and effective ways.  It also encourages children and young people to have more say about issues that affect them collectively and as individuals.  There are direct links between the criteria for the National Healthy School Status and the five Every Child Matters outcomes.  Schools achieving National Healthy School Status can demonstrate how they are working to the five outcomes.

The National Healthy Schools Programme has four core themes which link directly to Every Child Matters; they are:

      • Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE), including SRE and drugs education

      • Healthy Eating

      • Physical Activity

      • Emotional Health and Wellbeing, including bullying

The four core themes relate to both the school curriculum and the emotional and physical learning environment in school/college.  Each theme includes a number of criteria that schools need to fulfil in order to achieve National Healthy School Status.  Although each theme covers a different area, they are all delivered using the Whole School Approach.

For more information contact the academy on office@humberston.nelcmail.co.uk