You may be interested, and be able to put to good use, the latest HeadSpace research into Healthy Schools. As you may know, HeadSpace is organised by the Guardian newspaper and EdComms and is completed by a sample of 1000 headteachers every term. A large number of topics are covered and we paid for the following question to be inserted:
Has the Healthy Schools programme supported your school in helping your pupils achieve the five Every Child Matters outcomes? Please indicate the outcomes that the programme has supported, if any at all
The answers are, we think, very positive.
> Being Healthy - 86%
> Staying safe - 59%
> Enjoying and achieving - 58%
> Making a postive contribution - 51%
> Achieving economic well-being - 31%
> Not supported any - 6%
> Don't know - 2%
> Not involved in HS Prog - 5%
> No answer - 1%
This is very encouraging and largely in line with our own internal assessment of what schools should be getting from the programme.
Colin Noble
National Coordinator Healthy Schools Programme Delivery Unit