Healthy and happy – school impact on pupils’ health and wellbeing - Estyn

Healthy and happy – school impact on pupils’ health and wellbeing

Thematic Report


Recommendations

Schools should:

  • R1 Develop a coherent whole-school approach that supports all pupils’ health and wellbeing
  • R2 Strengthen relationships between staff and pupils and peer relationships between pupils
  • R3 Improve the quality of teaching and learning experiences in health and wellbeing, within a broad a balanced curriculum
  • R4 Take better account of pupils’ views and academic research in developing their approaches to supporting pupils’ health and wellbeing
  • R5 Ensure that the school’s environment and services support pupils’ health and wellbeing

Local authorities and regional consortia should:

  • R6 Support schools to develop a whole-school approach to health and wellbeing
  • R7 Support effective working between schools and other agencies in the best interests of children and young people and their families

Initial teacher education providers should:

  • R8 Ensure that new teachers are trained to understand child and adolescent development and prepared to support pupils’ health and wellbeing

The Welsh Government should:

  • R9 Ensure that pupils’ health and wellbeing is valued in accountability approaches used in the education system

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