Health improvement in schools

The Ealing health improvement team are a qualified team of experts, providing support, programmes, resources and training to help improve your pupils’ health and achievement in the following areas:

• Nutrition and exercise
• Mental health and emotional wellbeing
• Safeguarding prevention
• Relationships, Sex and Health and Education (RSHE) and
• Personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) .

About the team: Who we are and what we do!

Our team members can support schools with the following activities:

• Karen Gibson: Safeguarding prevention
• Nicole McGregor: Nutrition and exercise, obesity prevention, Eco schools and the Healthy Schools London awards
• Faye Jones: PSHE, RSHE, FGM and the PSHE scheme of work
• Liz Ainsworth: Mental health

Health improvement team contact details

Support for schools

We offer schools the following support:

• Healthy Schools London award support for schools wanting to become a healthy school
• Health data including the National Child Measurement programme and the biannual Health Related Behaviour Survey
• A healthy schools points scheme where schools can earn prizes and rewards
• Gain knowledge and confidence through our training programme (choose from 20+ training)
• A range of resources and toolkits to help PSHE leads teach about health and wellbeing and PSHE, including the PSHE scheme of work.
• Find out what we offer and design a PSHE action plan by signing up for your annual Health in School visit with resource pack
• Find out what’s been happening in Ealing related to Healthy Schools by signing up to our monthly eNews and read our termly newsletter
• Gain Sugar Smart school status by achieving the Sugar Smart Schools award.
• Network, learn and get inspired by attending one or more of our networks on PSHE, Mental Health and Eco Schools (sign up via Ealing CPD online)
• For more support, buy back packages one or more of our six packages (see below for more details and watch the video)

Support we offer schools

Buy back packages

All Ealing schools have access to our seven buy back packages:

• 3 day bespoke package: Provides 3 days of practical support in any health area, surveys to measure impact and an impact report.
• Healthy Schools Awards & Training package: Includes access to all 20+ training workshops, 2 drop-in days, 4 workshops to help you achieve your HSL awards and a celebration event.
• Eco schools: Includes 14 hours of eco school activities and free access to Green School network.
• Mental health package: Includes central trainings on mental health and 14 hours of bespoke mental health activities.
• Nourish to flourish package: Includes central trainings on nutrition and exercise and 14 hours of bespoke nutrition and exercise activities.
• Personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) package: Includes central trainings on PSHE, 14 hours of bespoke PSHE activities and 3 PSHE networks.
• Relationships, Sex & Health Education (RSHE) package: Includes central trainings on Relationships, Sex & Health Education (RSHE) and 14 hours of bespoke RSHE activities.

About our buy back packages

Health improvement team’s buy back video: Find out about our six packages available to Ealing schools in 6 short minutes.

Select the image to view the health improvement service brochure:

Where to find our resources on EGfL

The health improvement team

For more information about the health improvement team and what we do please visit our health improvement service page .

Contact us

Karen Gibson
Health improvement manager and safeguarding
kgibson@ealing.gov.uk ; 020 8825 7707 or 07961 207 284

Nicole McGregor
Senior health improvement advisor – nutrition and exercise
mcgregorn@ealing.gov.uk ; 020 8825 5484 or 07925 344 704

Liz Ainsworth
Health improvement officer
Mental health and emotional wellbeing
Ainsworthl@ealing.gov.uk ; 07811 49400

Faye Jones
Health improvement officer
Relationships and sex education (RSE) and personal, social, health and economics (PSHE)
JonesF@ealing.gov.uk ; 020 8825 6076

Choose from the following

Healthy schools London awards
Health improvement resources and support
Stepping up to health newsletter
HIT training resources
PSHE scheme of work - Primary
Sugart smart schools
Health related data