What we offer
We work alongside primary, secondary, special schools and alternative provision settings to develop a whole-school approach to health and wellbeing. This drives improvement in local, national, and Ofsted linked measures such as learning, attendance, inclusion and attainment.
Our Healthy School Awards and frameworks provide a structured whole-school approach to improving health and wellbeing in your setting with support from our public health team.
This free service helps schools identify needs, celebrate strengths and implement evidence-informed approaches that improve outcomes for pupils, staff and the wider school community.
Our support, awards and frameworks cover a wide range of health and wellbeing topics. These topics include:
- mental health and wellbeing
- PSHE
- food and nutrition
- physical activity
- understanding substance use
- dental health
- healthy relationships
- domestic abuse
- developing pupil voice
How we support schools
We can support your school through:
- One-to-one support: Tailored advice and guidance to help improve pupil health and wellbeing, inclusion, attendance and other school priorities.
- Whole-school approach framework: Practical tools and step-by-step support to embed health and wellbeing across your school.
Healthy Schools Awards
A free awards scheme that helps schools review practice, celebrate success and identify areas for development.
Our free award schemes are:
- Public Health expertise: Access to specialist advice, guidance and signposting on a range of health and wellbeing topics.
- Bristol Pupil Voice Survey: Pupil-level data and a school-specific report to help you understand pupils' experiences, needs and priorities.
- School Community Health Profiles: Bespoke local health data and insights to support planning, decision-making and targeted action.
- Healthy Schools and PSHE networks: Regular meetings to share good practice, learn from other schools and stay informed.
- Webinars and training opportunities: Topic-specific sessions on current health and wellbeing issues affecting children and young people.
- Resources and guidance: Access to evidence-informed resources, activities and practical guidance through our website.
- Monthly newsletter: Updates on resources, training, local services, events and national developments.
What schools gain from working with us
Schools tell us that Bristol Healthy Schools helps them to:
- Better understand the needs of their pupils
- Strengthen wellbeing across the whole school community
- Give children and young people a meaningful voice
- Improve staff confidence and wellbeing
- Develop high-quality PSHE provision
- Access reliable local data and evidence
- Connect with other schools and share good practice
- Demonstrate impact and celebrate success through accreditation
Behind this is a package of free support, training, resources, local health intelligence, pupil voice data, networking opportunities and the Bristol Healthy Schools Awards programme.
Testimonials
Our testimonials from schools include:
"Huge positive change in regards to mental health and reduced anxiety. Huge improvements in children's behaviour. Thank you for all of the work you do. This is SUCH an important agenda and should continue to be championed." - St Ursula's E-ACT Academy
"Working on the Healthy School Award has allowed us to celebrate the many ways in which our school is already a healthy place and identify areas of development." - Stoke Bishop CofE Primary School
"Our pupil voice survey is really beneficial in finding out the mental health of our children and identifying issues that need to be addressed." - Elmlea Schools Trust
Get involved
Whether you are starting your Healthy Schools journey or building on existing strengths, we are here to help.
Get in touch to learn more about awards, resources, surveys, training and support available to Bristol schools.