Pupils’ health and well being and raising standards

1. Pupils’ health and well being and raising standards Liz Biggs Team Leader – Health and Well Being Karen Summers PSHE and Citizenship Adviser

2. 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

3. 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

4. Some of the key drivers • An attempt to maintain the progress thegovernment feels it has made in keyareas • Takes forward key existing strategies– especially ECM and Youth Matters • Sets out a work programme for therestructured DCSF – “The Plan and the new Department …” • Most chapters deal with one of the Department’s six objectives

5. 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

6. Children’s PlanSchools’ 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

7. 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

8. 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)

9. 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

10. 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.

11. 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)

12. 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)

13. 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

14. 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.

15. 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