Co-Creating Healthy Futures: School & Health Framework

At Windsor Academy Trust, we believe that schools are more than places of learning - they are anchors in their communities. As part of our commitment to civic leadership and driving education for the greater public good, we are proud to launch a new framework, co-created with leaders from school and NHS trusts, the Confederation of School Trusts, NHS Confederation and NHS Employers.

'Co-creating Healthy Futures: Schools and Health Framework' is a practical guide designed to build lasting partnerships between schools and health, improve outcomes for young people, and help create healthier, brighter futures for all.

Read the Framework

A Framework for Collaboration

Our framework is built around five key areas for action:

Understanding schools and the NHS
Opening gateways to collaboration
Working collaboratively: Prevention of health issues in young people
Working collaboratively: Neighbourhood health services on school sites
Working collaboratively: Building the future NHS workforce

We will be creating a bank of case studies of schools and health partnerships in action. We will start to feature these case studies on this page to offer inspiration for schools and health colleagues looking to develop their own school/health partnerships. If you have a case study to submit, please send detail to communications@windsoracademytrust.org.uk

“When schools and health services come together with shared purpose, we have the power to change lives and communities for the better.”
Dawn Haywood CEO - Windsor Academy Trust

“If we are serious about prevention, about reducing demand on acute services and
improving lifelong health, then our work must start with children and young people.
The foundations of good health are laid early.

This framework recognises that schools and NHS trusts serve the same
communities, often facing the same challenges, and that when we work together, we
can deliver far more than the sum of our parts.”
Matthew Taylor - Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation

“This framework shows what it truly means for our public institutions to act as civic
leaders rooted in place, working together across boundaries and committed to the
wider common good.

This is a blueprint for how civic collaboration can help renew our communities and
strengthen the fabric of public life.”
Leora Cruddas CBE - Chief Executive of the Confederation of School Trusts