Health and Well-Being Policy

Purpose

This policy provides an overview of the promotion of Health and Well-Being and is intended to:
• empower young people, staff and parents to actively influence their lives and their living conditions.
• provide the basis for the detailed work being carried out to develop and strengthen capacity as a healthy setting for living, learning and working.
• offer parents, employers and others an indication of what provision is made for its learners in providing integrated and positive experiences and structures, which promote and protect their health.
• create an ethos of care, respect, participation, responsibility and fairness for all.
• offer a context and support for monitoring and evaluating.

Principles

The promotion of Health and Well-Being has been devised to meet learners’ and society’s needs and is based on the four capacities from The Curriculum for Excellence.

The promotion of Health and Well-Being:

• promotes the physical, mental, social, spiritual and emotional health and well- being of all students and staff.
• works with others in identifying and meeting the health needs of the whole school and its wider community.
• encourages a sense of belonging and promotes self-esteem and respect among all students and staff.
• provides coherent, effective working procedures that are well understood and accepted by pupils and staff
• uses the curriculum effectively to enable all students and staff to :
➢    enjoy and succeed in a range of educational, social and cultural experiences
➢    make informed choices and decisions that help to ensure a healthy lifestyle.
➢    make positive contributions to the well-being of the school and wider community.
• improves the environment, resources and facilities of the school.

Changes to the Health and Well-Being policy will be based on well-considered rationale, involving consultation with stakeholders and monitored and evaluated for positive outcomes.