1. Tobacco-Free Schools Project Supporting 12 secondary schools to develop tobacco-free policies NHS Lothian and ASH Scotland

3. Structure Project background Why do it? School recruitment Funding and support for the schools Timescales Phase 1 – Development and review Phase 2 – Implementation – making it happen Project evaluation Comments and initial findings

4. Why work with schools to develop tobacco- free policies? Tobacco Control Strategy: “we expect schools and local authorities to work closely with local partners from health, justice and the Third Sector to fulfil the potential offered by the Curriculum for Excellence.” Teachers and school staff are role models for young people. What they do and say does make a difference. Support schools to move beyond what they need to do towards what they ought to do. If schools take a lead role, it can help to shape attitudes and behaviour in local communities.

5. Recruitment – Getting schools on board West Lothian: Armadale Academy, Armadale (850 pupils); Bathgate Academy, Bathgate (850 pupils); Deans CHS, Livingston (1000 pupils); Inveralmond CHS Livingston (1200 pupils) ; St. Kentigern’s Academy, Blackburn (1200 pupils) Edinburgh City: Castlebrae CHS, Craigmillar (130 pupils); Currie High School, Currie (800 pupils); Firrhill High School, Oxgangs (1100 pupils); Royal High School, Barnton (1100 pupils) Mid Lothian St David’s High School, Dalkeith (600 pupils) East Lothian Dunbar Grammar, Dunbar (850 pupils); North Berwick High School, North Berwick (800 pupils) ASSIST - Several of the schools had been involved on year one of the ASSIST pilot – a strong foundation for the policy project.

6. Funding & support – what’s in it for the schools? Each school identified a lead teacher responsible for reviewing, developing and implementing their tobacco-free policy. 50 hours (£1000) paid time for the lead teacher to focus on tobacco-free policy development. £300 for each school to purchase tobacco education resources. Direct, tobacco specific, support and consultation from ASH Scotland.

7. Timescales and stages TimescaleActivity School session 2015-2016 Review and Development Monday 26 th October – Friday 13 th November Initial meeting between school leads, NHS Lothian & ASH Scotland Monday 7 th December – Friday 22 nd January 2016 Planning / support meeting between lead teacher & ASH Scotland Monday 7 th March – Wednesday 23 rd March Mid-review meeting between lead teacher & ASH Scotland Monday 2 nd May – Friday 20 th MayEnd of review meeting between lead teacher & ASH Scotland Friday 27 th MayRecommendations and associated action plan submitted to school management team for approval School session 2016-2017 Implementation AugustSchool starts implementing action plan OctoberProgress update meeting between lead teacher & ASH Scotland MarchFinal meeting between school leads, ASH Scotland and NHS Lothian JuneEvaluation report and recommendations presented to schools and LA leads

8. Development and review. What have we been doing? Series of 3 review meetings with each school Reviewed what policies are currently in place Reviewed current attitude and approach to tobacco Reviewed current tobacco education delivery Supported effective and appropriate consultation with pupils, teachers, school staff and parents

9. What policies are currently in place? None! (well almost none) Only one school currently has a school specific policy, and that was written over a decade ago Standard, local authority tobacco policies, that focus on where people can and cannot smoke (circa 2006) are very much the norm.

10. Review current attitudes and approaches In-depth tobacco policy checklist focusing on: Policy environment Policy enforcement Prevention and education Smoking cessation support Policy management Helping schools to map out where they are and where, realistically, they want to go Helping project evaluation by highlighting the progress each school is making.

11. Review current tobacco prevention activity Review existing tobacco prevention delivery in PSE Improve and/or update what is being done in PSE Broaden prevention activity beyond S1/S2 Support other subject areas across the get involved and deliver consistent tobacco messages

12. Consultation Raise awareness of tobacco-free policy development and give people an input into how their school’s policy is developed. What have the schools done? –survey monkey questionnaires with pupils, teachers and parents. –form class questionnaires –policy consultations in PSE sessions –focus groups with pupil councils and teacher teams –agenda items at PTA meetings –Interviews with parents at school gates –Pupil visits to local shops and businesses Pretty much universal agreement that each school should have a health promoting, tobacco-free policy

13. Implementation Action plans ready and signed off by SMT by end of May 2016 Direct support and help for schools from August 2016-March 2017 Some schools already up and running! Poster competitions Tobacco messages across different subject areas Working with local community youth groups

14. Evaluation Full project evaluation, carried out by NHS Lothian researcher, Sheila Wilson, running alongside project delivery tiemscales Face to face interviews with each of the school leads at end of each the project stages Evaluation will focus on: Why schools wanted to be involved Progress made by each school Barriers, challenges and opportunities Use/worth/impact of project funding and direct support Full evaluation report planned for June 2017

15. Initial comments and observations Just getting started with the evaluation Clear lead teachers, committed to the project and taking ownership = progress and momentum Schools may be building their own tobacco-free policies, but sharing information and actions is helping all to make progress

16. Summary Project background Why do it? School recruitment Funding and support for the schools Timescales Phase 1 – Development and review Phase 2 – Implementation – making it happen Project evaluation Comments and initial findings

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