Mayor of London's Healthy Schools receive awards

One hundred and thirty schools that have taken part in the Mayor of London’s Healthy Schools London programme have received awards for their work to promote healthy eating, physical activity, emotional health and wellbeing, and personal, social and health education.
 
The ceremony at City Hall on 28 June was attended by headteachers and education and health leaders from award-winning schools. As well as award presentations, the ceremony also included speeches from NHS doctor and TV presenter Dr Ranj Singh, Andrew Pembrooke from Teach SRE, and a number of schools across the capital WHICH shared their best practice.
 
the Mayor’s Healthy Schools programme encourages schools to promote healthy eating throughout the school day, increase opportunities for physical activity, promote emotional health and wellbeing, and empowering children to make decisions about their health.
 
The awards scheme, funded by the Mayor, is to support and recognise the importance of work in schools to promote pupil health. There are now 2,019 schools across the capital registered on the scheme, with 1,140 schools receiving a bronze award, 565 achieving silver and 202 reaching gold standard.
 
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: “I’m determined that London’s children have the opportunity to lead a happy and healthy life. Their wellbeing is vital to building a healthier future for London and we know that schools play such a key role in their development. These award-winning schools are doing a wonderful job of promoting the importance of good health and active lifestyles, and I encourage others to follow their example and join our Healthy Schools London programme.”

For a full list of winning schools, see the Read More link below.