Healthy Schools

All school are required to have a current SRE policy.

In Nottingham City we have a target that 100% Schools achieve the Standard for policy and programme for Drugs and Sex and Relationships Education by Dec 2006.

What should be in place?

The school should have a policy that includes:

• A nominated coordinator for SRE and lead governor
• A definition of SRE and how it fits within the PSHE curriculum
• Detail of the school's intended stance on the teaching of puberty, menstruation, contraception and STIs, as well as sexual and other relationships to ensure that young people from different cultures and or faith groups, both genders and young people with differing sexualities, feel included and have their needs met.
• How the school will manage issues of confidentiality in the event of disclosures
• Protocols for referral to outside agencies/support services

And that:

• Takes account of local circumstances
• Is developed through a whole-school consultation process
• Considers the needs of the pupils and the school
• Meets the National Healthy School Standard (Ofsted)

To enable the remaining schools to do this we are putting increased resources towards support schools. Over 40 schools have successfully participated in our workdays programme so far. The response has been so great that we are running workdays in this Spring term again.

Because we know that the most valuable resource for teachers is time we provide task-focused workdays for sex and relationships education (and drug education). We pay supply cover for you to come to the College Street Centre and to use our resources and support to draft your policy and programme. We will provide you with all the tools you need to write and plan implementation of the policy and programme back in school with the added bonus of having the work you do accredited as part of Healthy Schools Status.

We will provide:

• reimbursement of supply cover costs for the day for up to two staff
• a further two teacher-days supply cover reimbursement back in school to assist implementation tasks set out in your action plan
• training and awareness activities to engage staff, pupils, parents and governors
• relevant information and key documents
• computers and drafting tools (or bring your laptop / memory stick if you prefer)
• time to discuss concerns and support to resolve them
• support with action planning
• one-to-one follow up and training support back in school
• key resources for review
• free resources to take away
• Accreditation for the work as part of the Healthy Schools Standard for PSHE
• Ongoing support to achieve complete Healthy School Status

The Workday Programme consist of four elements:

1. A twilight briefing that outlines the context for policy and programme for both Drugs and SRE. It will enable you to decide if a workday is nevcessary and to guage how much work you will need to do to meet the requirements. We will provide the first pack of materials at the briefing which contains information, audits for policy and programme, consultation tools and everything you need to plan for the workday.
   You need these materials to attend the workday. If you cannot make the briefing advertised on the events board then get in touch with us. We will organise to see you individually to prepare.
   
2. Consultation with pupils, staff, parents, governors and pupils on key aspects of SRE policy and curriculum. If it is possible to do this before the workday it will speed up the implementation process. If not, we can action plan for it to happen at the next possible opportunity. Don't worry if you have concerns about how engage parents or pupils - we can share simple and effective ways that have worked for the other 40 schools who have done this already! We can give support to do this.
   
3. The workday.
   This is where you spend a day actually drafting the policy and programme - based on what you already know and planning what needs to be done to complete the task. We provide lunch too so no need to bring your sandwiches.
   
   Please note: There is no long term parking at the College St. Centre but we are only a short walk from Market Square car parks and tram/bus/park and ride stops
   
   
4. Follow up.
   After the drafting is complete we will support you back in school in any way you need to complete the actions on your implementation plan and get the policy ratified and disseminated and and programme up and running. This includes any inset required for staff or governors or support with parent participation.
   (we offer a range of free, professionally facilitated sessions that you may wish to run for parents to engage them with drugs/SRE issues and to enable them to feedback their views)

All you need to do is book a briefing sessions and an advance workday (if you are pretty sure that you'll need one) and we'll guide you from there.

Please note:

• If you have previously attended a twilight briefing and have the initial pack of materials you do not need to attend another briefing session - just book workdays.
• You can book workdays at or after the briefing sessions - if you are not sure now if you need it to reach the requirements.

For workday and briefing dates see events diary >>

Then please let us know so that we can award you Healthy Schools Accreditation for your work. We can arrange to assess the work you have done as part of the Standard for PSHE. Accreditation through Healthy Schools for SRE Policy and Programme counts as evidence for your Ofsed self evaluation form.

More about the standard for PSHE >>

• Teenage Pregnancy Unit
• "The Site" Young Peoples Website covering range of issues
• National teachernet site