Table 2.
Implementation of school health improvement activities by schools throughout Wales (n = 67)
| Number | Percentage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutrition | Healthy eating policy | No policy | 9 | 13.4 |
| Policy in development | 10 | 14.9 | ||
| Written policy | 12 | 17.9 | ||
| Covering extracurricular activity or food brought in | 14 | 20.9 | ||
| Covering extracurricular activity and food brought in | 22 | 32.8 | ||
| Healthy food promoted in canteen | No | 3 | 4.5 | |
| Sometimes | 15 | 22.4 | ||
| Always | 49 | 73.1 | ||
| Extra-curricular nutrition education programmes | None | 13 | 19.4 | |
| Adhoc events | 27 | 40.3 | ||
| Regularly | 27 | 40.3 | ||
| Parents invited to take part in these programmes | Never | 25 | 46.3 | |
| Rarely | 10 | 18.5 | ||
| Sometimes | 16 | 29.6 | ||
| Always | 3 | 5.6 | ||
| Physical activity | PE time within curriculum (Year 9) | <60 min | 5 | 7.6 |
| 60–89 min | 10 | 15.2 | ||
| 90–119 min | 25 | 37.9 | ||
| >120 min | 26 | 39.4 | ||
| PE time within curriculum (Year 10) | <60 min | 12 | 18.2 | |
| 60–89 min | 36 | 54.5 | ||
| 90–119 min | 9 | 13.6 | ||
| >120 min | 9 | 13.6 | ||
| Number of days extracurricular sports offered | 1 to 2 | 4 | 6.1 | |
| 3 to 4 | 22 | 33.3 | ||
| 5 | 40 | 60.6 | ||
| Number of strategies to promote active travel | Median and IQR | 3 | (2 to 4) | |
| Number of sport facilities available for PE | Median and IQR | 7 | (5 to 8) | |
| Number of sport facilities available at lunchtime | Median and IQR | 6 | (4 to 7) | |
| Number of sport facilities available after school | Median and IQR | 6 | (5 to 7) | |
| Involvement of parents in delivery of extracurricular PA | Yes | 9 | 13.4 | |
| Partnerships with families to promote PA | Yes | 11 | 16.4 | |
| Substance use | Presence of written smoking policy | No | 9 | 13.4 |
| In development | 2 | 3.0 | ||
| Yes - reviewed less than annually | 31 | 46.3 | ||
| Yes - reviewed annually | 25 | 37.3 | ||
| Coverage of smoke-free policy | On school grounds during school hours | 54 | 80.6 | |
| On school grounds outside of school hours | 43 | 64.2 | ||
| Private vehicles on school grounds | 30 | 44.8 | ||
| School events off school grounds | 45 | 67.2 | ||
| Substance education to all years | Tobacco | 44 | 65.7 | |
| Alcohol | 45 | 67.2 | ||
| Drugs | 51 | 76.1 | ||
| Emotional health | Written policy on mental health and wellbeing | No | 24 | 35.8 |
| In development | 15 | 22.4 | ||
| Yes - reviewed less than annually | 11 | 16.4 | ||
| Yes - reviewed annually | 17 | 25.4 | ||
| Not stated | 4 | 6.0 | ||
| Policies on bullying | ||||
| Yes (in mental health policy) | 20 | 29.9 | ||
| Yes (in another policy) | 43 | 64.2 | ||
| Cyber bullying included within bullying policy? | Yes | 59 | 93.7 | |
| 1 | 6 | 10.5 | ||
| Number of year groups received sex and relationships education | 2 | 12 | 21.1 | |
| 3 | 8 | 14.0 | ||
| 4 | 7 | 12.3 | ||
| 5 | 24 | 42.1 | ||
| Personal and social education | Weekly time committed to PSE (Year 8 and 9) | None | 3 | 4.8 |
| less than 30 min | 3 | 4.8 | ||
| 30–59 min | 39 | 62.9 | ||
| 60–89 min | 16 | 25.8 | ||
| 90 min or more | 1 | 1.6 | ||
| Weekly time committed to PSE (Year 10) | None | 2 | 3.2 | |
| less than 30 min | 5 | 8.1 | ||
| 30–59 min | 31 | 50.0 | ||
| 60–89 min | 19 | 30.7 | ||
| 90 min or more | 5 | 8.1 |