£415M investment in school facilities to boost healthy lifestyles

The Education Secretary Justine Greening has announced that schools are to given £415M to help pupils pursue healthier, more active lifestyles.

Primary, secondary and sixth-form colleges will be able to use the funding to pay for facilities to support physical education after-school activities and healthy eating.

The new healthy pupils capital programme will give schools the opportunity to improve children’s facilities for children with physical conditions or support young people dealing with mental health problems.

The programme will build on the government’s plans for schools to provide a longer school day by changing the focus of the scheme to provide new facilities or improve existing ones to make it easier for a range of extra-curricular activities to be provided.

Local authorities and larger multi-academy trusts will receive an allocation for schools and will make decisions locally on how this funding is spent.

Smaller multi-academy trusts, individual academies and sixth-form centres will be able to bid for grants for specific one-off projects.

Education Secretary Justine Greening said: “Schools can really help our children get a healthy start in life from exercise and sport, and also from knowing what a healthy diet means. It’s not only good for them while they’re in education, but the health and wellbeing benefits can last a lifetime.

“That’s why we’re investing £415M in facilities to support sports, after-school activities and promoting healthy eating, so we can secure the future health of our young people.”

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