What the Dental Health Specialist Award is and what your school needs to do to achieve it.
The Dental Health Specialist Award helps schools take practical and preventative action to improve pupils' oral health and reduce inequalities.
About the Dental Health Specialist Award
The award framework will support your school to review and improve:
- teaching about toothbrushing and oral hygiene
- pupils' understanding of sugar, dental health and healthy choices
- food and drink available within school
- staff knowledge, confidence and school leadership for oral health
- communication with parents and carers and support for families to access dental services
- policies, routines and school-wide messages and action to reduce anxiety about visiting the dentist
How long it takes
We recommend that you complete the application within one year, so that your answers stay up to date.
How to start working towards an award
Use our online system to:
- see the up to date award criteria and guidance
- tell us you're starting to work towards a specialist award
- track your progress
- submit your finished work
You can also download a PDF copy of the pdf Dental Health Specialist Award criteria(1.60 MB) .
After you achieve the award
Your school will:
- receive a Dental Health Specialist Award certificate
- be able to use award logos on your website or letterheads
- receive further support from the Bristol Healthy Schools Team
Contact us
Get in touch with the Bristol Healthy Schools team to find out more.