UK

2025 has seen the publication of new Government Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) guidance.

This document sets out the equality impact assessment that addresses the potential impact of proposed changes to the RSHE statutory guidance on groups with protected characteristics who might be impacted by the proposed changes.

The aim of the study was to evaluate a programme that provides mental health support into local education settings.

This Schools4Health policy brief explores how the Health Promoting School (HPS) approach can help address existing disparities and build stronger, fairer education systems.

The Framework is intended to support schools, including pupil referral units (PRUs) and education settings in reviewing their own well-being landscape and in developing plans to address their weaknesses and build on their strengths.

We conducted an audit of secondary schools in southwest England to determine if/how they mention weight-related bullying in their policies, and whether this differs by school-level factors.

This report highlights the significant yet underacknowledged impact of menstruation on students’ attendance, academic engagement and wellbeing in UK universities.

The Welsh Government published the ‘Framework on embedding a whole school approach to emotional and mental wellbeing’ (Welsh Government, 2021) (referred to as 'the Framework' subsequently) in March 2021 as statutory guidance to governing bodies of maintained education settings (subseque

Discretionary Universal Free School Meal (UFSM) schemes for 4-11-year-olds were implemented in four local authorities with high child poverty levels in London, UK. The schemes were initiated between 2009/10 and 2014/15. The first scheme was evaluated as part of a national 2-year pilot.

Menstrual symptoms may negatively impact academic achievement, but rigorous population-based studies are lacking.