A Health Promoting School is one in which all members of the school community work together to provide pupils with integrated and positive experiences and structures, which promote and protect their health. This includes both the formal and informal curriculum in health, the creation of a safe and healthy school environment, the provision of appropriate health services and the involvement of the family and wider community in efforts to promote health. World Health Organisation (WHO) 1995

Recently, a number of parents supported our bid for a Health Promoting School by completing a.  In general, the responses were positive but also gave us areas that we as a school community need to take forward as we move on to Stage 2 of the project. 

Social Health:  Exploring the interaction of the individual, the community and the environment in relation to health and safety. To achieve their potential, schoolchildren must participate fully in educational activities. To do this they must be healthy, attentive and emotionally secure. World Health Organisation (WHO), 2000