Pupils’ health and well being and raising standards

Liz BiggsTeam Leader – Health and Well Being

Karen SummersPSHE and Citizenship Adviser

Outline of session• National Context• Children’s Plan • Schools’ role in promoting pupil wellbeing • Ofsted inspection – September 2009• National Curriculum and PSHE • Pupil feedback• Hertfordshire context• Implications for governors

National Context

• Every Child Matters• Education and Inspections Act• Children’s Plan • NICE: Public Health Intervention Guidance –

Mental Wellbeing of Children in Primary Education

• National Weighing and Measuring Programme• Community cohesion• Equalities duties• Forthcoming Child Health Strategy

Some of the key drivers An attempt to maintain the progress the

government feels it has made in key

areas

Takes forward key existing strategies

– especially ECM and Youth Matters

Sets out a work programme for the

restructured DCSF – “The Plan and the new Department …”

Most chapters deal with one of the Department’s six objectives

Children’s Plan

• Chapter 1: Happy and Healthy• Chapter 2: Safe and Sound• Chapter 3: Excellence & Equity• Chapter 4: Leadership & Collaboration• Chapter 5: Staying On• Chapter 6: On the Right Track• Chapter 7: Making it Happen

Children’s Plan Schools’ role in promoting pupil wellbeing• Education and Inspections Act – duty on governing bodies to

promote the well being of pupils – effective from Sept 07• Well being is defined in terms of ECM – in promoting well being

schools must have regard to the CYPP and views of parents• Excellent teaching and learning core business of schools• Restates Children’s Plan as the model of the 21st century school• Working with Children’s trust – effective arrangements for day to

day arrangement• Collaboration for well being 14-19, working with parents• SEF – Evidence against the 5 ECM outcomes, including any

significant differences in well being with different groups – vulnerable children, LAC, Equalities legislation

• Importance of pupil and parental views• Improving data – Ofsted cycle from Sept 09 – additional

benchmarked data. Ofsted will not judge schools on the indicators alone – this will be evidence not inspection judgments

Ofsted Inspection – September 2009

• Two kinds of school level indicators – indicators related to quantified outcomes – indicators based on the perceptions of pupils

and parents

• Indicators will be supplemented by local area ‘well being profile’ – National Indicator set relevant to well being and Local Area Agreement indicators

Indicators relating to quantified outcomes• Most recent attendance rates• Percentage of persistent absentees• Percentage of pupils doing at least 2 hours’ high

quality PE and sport• Take-up of school lunches• Rate of permanent exclusion• Post-16 progression measures (secondary

schools)

Indicators relating to pupils’ and parents’ perceptions• Extent to which the school –

– Promotes healthy eating– Promotes exercise and a healthy lifestyle (play)– Discourages smoking, consumption of alcohol and use of illegal drugs

and other harmful substances– Gives good guidance on relationships and sexual health– Helps pupils to manage their feelings and be resilient– Promotes equality and counteracts discrimination– Provides a good range of additional activities– Gives pupils the opportunities to contribute to the local community– Helps pupils of different backgrounds to get on well, both in the schools

and in the wider community– Helps pupils gain the knowledge and skills they will need in the future– Offers the opportunity at 14 to access a range of curriculum choices– Supports pupils to make choice that will help them programme towards

a chosen/subject of further study

Indicators relating to pupils’ and parents’ perceptions – continued• Extent to which pupils –

– Feel safe– Experience bullying– Know who to approach if they have a concern– Enjoy school– Are making good progress– Feel listened to– Are able to influence decisions in the school.

National Curriculum and PSHE• New secondary curriculum (two new

programmes of study: Personal wellbeing & Economic wellbeing & financial capability based on ECM outcomes)

• Increased flexibility, more emphasis on skills & personalisation of curriculum

• PSHE statutory from 2010

• Primary Review 2009 (for implementation 2011)

Pupil Feedback• TellUs3 Survey of children and young

people

• Health Related Behaviour Questionnaire

(Yrs 5 & 6 and Yrs 8 & 10)

• School Councils (feedback from surveys/ questionnaires)

• www.channelmogo.org (feedback from consultations & polls)

Hertfordshire Context

• Hertfordshire Healthy Schools Programme• Primary and Secondary SEAL• The Resilience Project • Update CAMHS Strategy • Anti-bullying Action Plan • Behaviour Strategy • Counselling in schools • Restorative justice

Hertfordshire Schools – Ofsted Feedback• 2007/08 - 97% of primary schools and 87% of secondary

schools have achieved good or outstanding in personal development.

• From September 2005 school performance in relation to personal development has improved in primary schools from 93% in 05/06 to 97% in 07/08. In secondary schools this has dropped slightly from 88% in 05/06 to 87% in 07/08.

• 2007/08 - 99% of primary schools achieved good or outstanding judgements in healthy lifestyles. 90% of secondary schools achieved good or outstanding judgements.

• From September 2005 school performance in relation to healthy lifestyles has improved in primary schools from 94% in 05/06 to 99% in 07/08. In secondary schools this has risen from 84% in 05/06 to 90% in 07/08.

Implications for Governors

• Duty to promote well being

• Ofsted school level indicators

• Statutory PSHE

• Pupil participation

• Data – school systems

• What the current picture in the school – SEF – Section 4