Healthy School support offer

Every year, Healthy School makes support available to schools (locations). During the 2017–2020 period, many schools also received this helping hand to work on a healthy lifestyle at school. Most schools used the support offer to work on the themes of Nutrition, Physical activity and sports, and Well-being. Of all schools (locations) in the Netherlands, 21% received the support offer in 2017–2020. Schools with vulnerable pupils and students were given priority. Schools that used the Healthy School support offer were generally (very) satisfied with the Healthy School adviser (96%) and the recognised Healthy School activities (96%).

Healthy School quality mark

The Healthy School quality mark is the quality mark for schools that work to improve the health of their pupils and students. Schools (locations) that obtain a quality mark receive a plaque and certificate and may call themselves a Healthy School for three years. The number of school locations with a Healthy School quality mark rose from 1,065 in December 2016 to 1,773 in December 2020.

(Online) reach

The evaluation provides figures on (online) reach:

  • An average of 2,281 unique visitors per month on Gezondeschool.nl.
  • In 2017, users rated Gezondeschool.nl 7.5.
  • Since 2017, Healthy School has had a growing reach through social media, with a total of 1,488 followers on Facebook, 6,687 followers on Twitter and 3,741 followers on LinkedIn in 2020.
  • The number of subscribers to the Healthy School newsletter rose from 4,400 (2017) to 5,800 (2020).
  • In 2018, 450 visitors attended the Healthy School conference. The conference received a rating of 7.8.

Healthy School Programme Plan 2021–2024

Healthy School has a Healthy School Programme Plan 2021–2024 with ambitions for the coming years.

  • By the end of 2024, at least one third of all schools in the Netherlands will be working with the Healthy School approach.
  • All schools in primary, secondary and secondary vocational education will know about the Healthy School programme and the Healthy School approach.

Healthy School mission

A healthy lifestyle in the DNA of every school. That is the mission of the Healthy School programme. Healthy School is a partnership between the PO-Raad, VO-raad and MBO Raad, GGD GHOR Nederland, RIVM, regional GGD organisations, the KVLO, health charities, civil society organisations and theme institutes in the field of a healthy lifestyle. The Ministries of Health, Welfare and Sport, Education, Culture and Science, Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, and Social Affairs and Employment make Healthy School possible.

To achieve this, Healthy School supports primary, special, secondary and secondary vocational schools in promoting a healthy lifestyle among pupils and students.