Guidance and Frameworks

1. School food standards practical guide 

Published by: Department for Education  

Last Updated: February 2025 

Link: School food standards practical guide - GOV.UK 

Checklists: School food standards: resources for schools - GOV.UK

 

2. Creating a Culture and Ethos of Healthy Eating 

Published by: Department for Education  

Last Updated: February 2025 

Link: Creating a culture and ethos of healthy eating - GOV.UK 

 

3. Oral Health: National Guidance Collection

Published by: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) 

Last Updated: February 2025 

Link: Oral health - GOV.UK 

1. What Works in Schools and Colleges to Increase Physical Activity 

Published by: Public Health England (now OHID) 

Last Updated: 2020 

Link: What works in schools and colleges to increase physical activity - GOV.UK 

 

2. Enhancing Physical Education Provision and Improving Access to Sport and Physical Activity in School 

Published by: Department for Education  

Last Updated: March 2024 

Link: PE and sports in schools - GOV.UK 

 

3. PE and Sport Premium for Primary Schools (2024–2025) 

Published by: Department for Education  

Last Updated: June 2025 

Link: PE and sport premium for primary schools - GOV.UK  

1. Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) (Statutory Guidance) 

Published by: Department for Education, effective from 2021 

Last Updated: September 2021*  

*Consultation did take place on draft update to the guidance in June 2024, however this has not been finalised and so the 2021 guidance is still in effect. 

Link: Relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education - GOV.UK 

 

2. Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) Guidance (Non-Statutory) 

Published by: Department for Education  

Last Updated: September 2021 

Link: Personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education - GOV.UK 

1. Promoting and Supporting Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools and Colleges 

Published by: Department for Education (DfE) 

Last updated: March 2025 

Link: Promoting and supporting mental health and wellbeing in schools and colleges - GOV.UK 

 

2. Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2024 (Statutory Guidance) 

Published by: Department for Education  

Last Updated: September 2024 

Link: Keeping children safe in education - GOV.UK 

 

3. SEND Code of Practice: 0 to 25 Years (Statutory Guidance) 

Published by: Department for Education  

Last Updated: September 2024 

Link: SEND code of practice: 0 to 25 years - GOV.UK 

 

4. Social, emotional and mental wellbeing in primary and secondary education – NICE Guideline 

Published by: NICE  

Last Updated: June 2022 (still current in 2025) 

Link: Overview | Social, emotional and mental wellbeing in primary and secondary education | Guidance | NICE 

 

5. Ofsted Education Inspection Framework (EIF) 

Published by: Ofsted 

Last Updated: September 2024 

Link: School inspection handbook - GOV.UK 

1. Preventing and Tackling Bullying  

Published by: Department for Education 

Last Updated: July 2017 (still current in 2025) 

Link: Preventing bullying - GOV.UK 

 

2. No Place for Bullying  

Published by: Ofsted  

Last Updated: June 2012 

Link: School strategies for preventing and tackling bullying - GOV.UK