Healthy Schools Newham

The Bronze Award acknowledges and celebrates that a school has established a high-quality, whole-school approach to health and wellbeing that is embedded for all children. This award forms the foundation of the HSL programme, covering the key themes of health and wellbeing and underpinning any future Silver or Gold Award achievements.

To achieve a Bronze Award, you should:

• Contact Healthy Schools Newham for support with your application: HealthySchoolsNewham@newham.gov.uk
• Register online through the Healthy Schools London website.
• Complete the Bronze Award tool for schools.
• Send the completed tool to Healthy Schools Newham, then upload to the Healthy Schools London website for approval.

In the Bronze Award tool, you should:

• Record your current practice.
• Provide evidence to show all criteria is met.
• Provide links to policies and documents where requested.

To ensure this foundation remains relevant and reflective of current practice, the Bronze Award should be renewed every three years.

The Silver Award evidences that a school has identified a health and wellbeing priority and devised a new approach, project, practice, or intervention to target the priority. This award builds on the foundation of the Bronze Award, demonstrating how a school plans to develop their approach further.

To achieve a Silver Award, you should:

• Hold an in-date HSL Bronze Award.
• Contact Healthy Schools Newham for support with your application: HealthySchoolsNewham@newham.gov.uk
• Complete the Silver Award tool
• Send the completed tool to Healthy Schools Newham, then upload to the Healthy Schools London website for approval.

In the Silver Award tool, you should:

• Identify the health and wellbeing issues affecting children in the school (needs analysis).
• Use the information gathered (needs analysis) to identify and define group/s and number of children e.g. whole school (universal) or targeted group of children.
• Develop a project with planned measurable outcomes and an action plan to achieve these outcomes
• Show how you will monitor and evaluate the project to measure success and demonstrate improvements.
   

The Gold Award recognises that the school has evaluated the impact and sustained the outcomes of the new approach, project, practice or intervention in the Silver Award tool. This award celebrates schools that have built on the good practice evidenced in their Bronze Award and taken clear, purposeful action to improve outcomes for their children.

To achieve the Gold Award, you should:

• Hold an in-date HSL Bronze Award.
• Have achieved the HSL Silver Award.
• Contact Healthy Schools Newham for support with your application: HealthySchoolsNewham@newham.gov.uk
• Complete the Gold Award tool
• Send the completed tool to Healthy Schools Newham, then upload to the Healthy Schools London website for approval.

In the Gold Award tool, you should:
•    Record results and outcomes.
•    Reflect on approach taken.
•    Provide analysis of results and share impact.
•    Explain how activity is being sustained.

Once a Gold Award is achieved, schools can apply for a new Silver and Gold Award in a different health and wellbeing priority or revisit the same priority but focus on a new aspect or approach.
 

By joining Healthy Schools Newham, your school can:

•  Improve pupil wellbeing, attendance and attainment.
• Gain recognition and evidence for Ofsted inspections
• Build stronger links with parents, carers, and the wider community.
• Join a supportive Healthy Schools network to share best practice with other schools.

If your school is interested in joining the Healthy Schools Newham Programme and would like to find out more, you can contact HealthySchoolsNewham@newham.gov.uk for information and support.