Healthy Schools

Manchester Healthy Schools team works with over 180 schools in the city to help them become healthier learning communities by developing health and wellbeing outcomes for all children.

Our Aim

Raising awareness of the health and social/economic needs of the school-aged population with school staff and other professionals
Increasing skills, knowledge and understanding about health-based issues with the whole school community, eg. staff, parents/carers, governors
Supporting schools to identify the health needs of their children and develop an action plan

Children in over 180 schools across Manchester. The team has been in partnership with Manchester schools for over 20 years – tackling health inequalities and improving the health and wellbeing of children and young people.

How we help

The team focuses on key Public Health priorities for Manchester:

Tackling health inequalities
Improving sexual health
Reducing substance misuse
A commitment to tackle obesity
Improving mental health and well-being

There are a number of Public Health Practitioners who each take a citywide lead in a thematic area to support the key priorities. These include:

Relationships and Sex Education
Drugs and Alcohol Education
Healthy Lifestyles
Social and Emotional Health
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Unintentional Injury Prevention
PSHE

This is achieved by:

Raising awareness of the health and social/economic needs of the school-aged population with school staff and other professionals
Increasing skills, knowledge and understanding about health-based issues with the whole school community, eg. staff, parents/carers, governors
Supporting schools to identify the health needs of their children and develop an action plan