33% of primary/special education schools, 48% of secondary/special secondary education schools and 46% of vocational education schools work according to the Healthy School approach. Compared with the multi-year period, the number of schools working with the Healthy School approach has decreased slightly. This is due, among other things, to:
- Fewer financial resources.
- The end of the Healthy Relationships and Sexuality incentive programme.
- The termination of the Healthy and Safe Working incentive scheme.
- A revised set of indicators.
- The use of a different calculation method when determining the total number of school locations.
Certificates obtained and valid
In 2025, 830 topic certificates were approved. These included 290 for Physical Activity and Sport, 226 for Wellbeing, 196 for Nutrition, 87 for Relationships & Sexuality, 16 for Smoking, Alcohol and Drug Prevention, and 15 for Environment and Nature. There are now a total of 2250 valid topic certificates: 780 for Physical Activity and Sport, 618 for Wellbeing, 521 for Nutrition, 237 for Relationships & Sexuality, 57 for Environment and Nature, and 37 for Smoking, Alcohol and Drug Prevention.
At the end of the year, 1519 schools had one or more valid topic certificates: primary education 1164, secondary education 299 and vocational education 56.
From the 2026–2027 school year onwards, the quality mark will have a renewed design, preparations for which began in 2025. In this new format, a school will receive the quality mark when it has achieved ‘working on the basics’ and meets the quality criteria for three health topics. This makes obtaining the quality mark somewhat more challenging for schools, but at the same time achieving this quality milestone represents an inspiring and attractive goal.
You can read the full Healthy School Annual Report 2025 here.