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 September 2025

Last Updated: July 2025*  

*This guidance comes into effect from the 1st of September 2025, until this date settings should continue to use the previous version of the curriculum to be used until August 31st August. 

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