Smoking Education in Stockton-on-Tees

The resource was designed and developed through a collaborative approach between the statutory and voluntary sectors, which includes Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, Cleveland Police, NHS Stockton-on-Tees, North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust and ultimately the creative vision of the young people in Stockton-on-Tees.

•Drugs and Alcohol

•Sex and Relationships Education

•Risk and Choice

Risk Taking Behaviour (RTB) Toolkit for Secondary Schools

The Risk Taking Behaviour Road Show

Inclusion Quality Mark for schools

Health and Wellbeing Section including:

•Smoking•Early Identification and Intervention•Risk Taking Behaviour•Physical Activity•Healthy Eating•Emotional Health

Inclusion Quality Mark for schools Smoking section

Bronze Silver GoldThe school has a current whole school non-smoking policy which is understood by staff, pupils and parents/carers and is endorsed by the governing body.

CPD is provided to ensure that the policy is understood and translated into action by all. Appropriate to need, the school promotes signposts to stop smoking services to internal and external stakeholders.

The school gathers pupil and staff smoking prevalence data and establishes an appropriate referral pathway to support smokers to become non-smokers.

The school is registered for the FRESH Smoke Free Quality Standard.

The school provides on-going and timely CPD for staff, governors, pupils and parents/carers which has impacted positively.

The school is monitoring and evaluating it’s progress towards the FRESH Smoke Free Quality Standard.

School Social Norms project

Surveys Years 7 and 9 to look at actual behaviour and perception of peer behaviour

Feed back positive social norm messages

Re-survey students to look at whether there has been a behaviour shift

Strategic Fit

Current work regarding smoking education reports into the Smoke Free Stockton Alliance and is reported through the Action Plan

Future plans to report to the Children and Young People’s group of the Health and Wellbeing Partnership alongside other RTB strands of work

Future Plans

•Development of Smoking station for RTB Road Show

•Review of current content of RTB Road Show

•Evaluation of the evidence base for RTB educational resources

•Roll out RTB Road Show model to college settings based on Stockton Riverside College pilot