Northampton primary school given award for supporting pupils’ health and wellbeing

A Northampton primary school has been given an award for its contribution to supporting pupils’ health and wellbeing this week.

Briar Hill Primary School on Thorn Hill has earned a Healthy Schools Award for promoting healthy eating and physical activity.

Allan Crozier, who has been leading the school's efforts towards the accreditation, said: “We are delighted to have been recognised with a Healthy Schools Award this week.

"In school we see first-hand the impact that our health and wellbeing provision has on our students, and for this to be validated by an external scheme is just the icing on the cake.

"However, our work does not stop here and we recognise that there is always room for improvement.

"We look forward to continuing to build on our current provision in the future.”

The Healthy Schools scheme, originally launched by the Department for Education, gets schools to complete a self-assessment and they receive a rating based on their answers.

Schools then receive an award for their performance as well as further information on how they might improve their healthy living policies.

Briar Hill head teacher Janey Cooksley said: “A huge thanks to Allan for his ongoing hard work on our wonderful health and wellbeing provision at Briar Hill.

"Now, more than ever, protecting the physical and mental health of our pupils is one of our greatest priorities, and to see that hard work paying off in this way is fantastic.”