Welcome to Swindon Healthy Schools
Swindon Healthy Schools is committed to supporting all local schools to provide a whole school approach to improve and maximise pupils' health and wellbeing so they can reach their full potential. This includes guidance around improving the school environment, policies and activities to promote and facilitate good health choices. This website recommends resources, support and training to enhance the Personal Social Health Education (PSHE) curriculum and offers information on networking opportunities to enable schools to share good practice.
In Swindon we aim to provide a personalised approach to each school's health and wellbeing needs.
Please read our current offer to schools via this PDF.
To engage with our programme and to receive this support, please contact us.
News
School Food Matters' Better Breakfasts webinar
8th January 2025School Food Matters is hosting a webinar to support primary schools in establishing and running successful breakfast clubs that serve tasty, nutritious food. The free webinar will take place on Tuesday...
Hot off the press: Swindon Healthy Schools Newsletter January 2025
3rd January 2025Happy New Year! We hope you were able to recharge your batteries over the festive season and wish you a happy and healthystart to 2025.This edition of Swindon Healthy Schools e-bulletin includes: the...
1Decision Free Subscription Service
2nd January 20251decision is offering a free package, which provides schools with the opportunity to assess pupil knowledge and focus on addressing learning gaps, ensuring that teaching builds on pupil needs. What...
Barnardo's Offer to Schools
31st December 2024This work is funded by the NHS and Ministry of Justice and Barnardo’s. The support is available for any child aged up to 18 living in Swindon or Wiltshire. The service offers therapeutic recovery...
Quit smoking resources for the staff room
30th December 2024The Department of Health & Social Care have released their campaign resources that seek to motivate smoking quits heading into the New Year which you can access and share with staff/parents/carers/pupil....
A whole school food approach toolkit
27th December 2024This toolkit is a summarised version for Swindon schools of Appendix B and C from A Practical toolkit for schools: ‘What good looks like’; A whole school food approach by Rose et al. (2023)....
Free online training on supporting CYP impacted by parental imprisonment
24th December 2024These lunchtime and twilight sessions are for staff who are unable to access longer training, for example; teachers, and school staff, GPs and primary care staff, Mental health practitioners, senior leaders,...
Free drug awareness sessions for year 6s in Swindon
23rd December 2024UTURN is offering FREE workshops for all Year 6 students in 2025! There are spaces for every school that is interested to take part. Please see the below information and contact Joshua Houghton (jhoughton2@swindon.gov.uk)...
The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
19th December 2024DfE has published a blog aimed at parents and carers on the new Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - sometimes referred to as the Children's Wellbeing Bill. The blog can be read here: The Children’s...
JenUp eating disorder resources
17th December 2024We have added JenUp's resources to the emotional health and wellbeing page on this website, under the title of Eating Disorders: Emotional Health & Wellbeing : Swindon Healthy Schools These...
