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Welcome to Healthy Schools

Supporting the health and wellbeing of children and young people across Leeds and beyond.

The Health and Wellbeing Services are here to help schools create and sustain environments that promote the physical and emotional health of their pupils. Our work is rooted in the understanding that good health supports effective learning and successful futures.

We work closely with schools, academies, and education settings to develop whole-school approaches to wellbeing, helping pupils to thrive both in and out of the classroom.

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School Health Check: Whole-School Wellbeing Made Simple

Our research-backed, online School Health Check helps schools assess and improve their health-promoting environments through a guided self-assessment. Accessible locally, nationally, and internationally, it supports a whole-school approach to wellbeing.

Key benefits:

  • Achieve Healthy Schools Status
  • Follow a step-by-step, supported evaluation
  • Benchmark against best-practice criteria
  • Align with Ofsted and 2025 statutory RSE & Health Education guidance
  • Developed with a Trauma-Informed Approach
  • Reflect the DfE Healthy Rating Scheme
  • Receive a certificate and logo valid for three years