Watermill School, Turnhurst Road,
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 6JZ
School Tel: (01782) 883737 INSPIRE Tel: (01782) 883777
Watermill School, Turnhurst Road,
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 6JZ
School Tel: (01782) 883737 INSPIRE Tel: (01782) 883777
Executive Headteacher: Mr J May
Our school has been awarded Healthy School Status. Here is some information to explain what was involved.
The National Healthy Schools Programme (NHSP) is a joint Department of Health and Department for Children, Schools and Families project intended to improve health, raise pupil achievement, improve social inclusion and encourage closer working between health and education providers in the United Kingdom.[1][2]
The Programme started in 1999 and formed part of the strategy described in the Department for Children, Schools and Families' Children’s Plan (DCSF 2007) and in the Department of Health's Healthy Weight, healthy Lives (DH 2008).
It has four themes, each with its own criteria:
The Healthy Schools website is moving to Department for Education website at the end of March 2011[4]
The National Healthy Schools Status is an award made under the scheme to schools which have achieved the four criteria.
The school must undergo a self validation as follows:-
The Government has set a target for all schools to work towards achieving National Healthy Schools Status, more than 97% are participating in the scheme and 75% achieved this by December 2009.[2]