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Guidance / Audit Tools

National Audit Tool and Guidance for local education and health partnerships on validating school achievement of national healthy school status.

• Guidance to Healthy Schools Co-ordinators

This document outlines: the role of the Healthy Schools Programme, National Quality Standards, the Whole School Approach, four Core Themes and the contribution of the National Healthy Schools Programme to Every Child Matters outcomes.

• National Audit Tool and Guidance for local education partnerships.

This document provides guidance on the minimum evidence required to demonstrate school achievement of national healthy school status. Evidence is listed against each criterion of the four themes of national healthy school status and is presented alongside prompts for consideration by the local health and education partnership. The information is set out as a national audit tool which can be adapted for local use when auditing healthy school achievement.