Dr Jason O’Rourke is a multi-award winning, internationally recognised food education and school food policy expert with a proven track record of positively impacting on children’s health and wellbeing. Jason passionately promotes the impact food education can have on learning outcomes and social inequality and has received acclaim for his ground-breaking work in schools on educating and inspiring pupils to embrace a healthy lifestyle through positive engagement with food. He works as part of a government committee to shape the food education agenda on a national scale, including the All Party Parliamentary Group on School Food, and has previously worked with a range of EU, national and international partnerships in the fields of food education, school meals, food sustainability, biodiversity, commensality, sensory food education and the development of whole school food approaches to improve children's health and wellbeing.
See more from Dr Jason O'RourkeAn Expert Review of the Healthy Schools Rating Scheme
This webinar will provide senior leaders and teachers with expert insight into the healthy schools rating scheme and how it can be used to recognise and encourage their contribution to supporting learners’ health and wellbeing.

This webinar will provide senior leaders and teachers with expert insight into the healthy schools rating scheme and how it can be used to recognise and encourage their contribution to supporting learners’ health and wellbeing.
On 19 October 2022, the DfE published an updated version of their Healthy schools rating scheme. The self-assessment tool should be used by schools, colleges and early years settings to determine how well they are promoting healthy eating and physical activity and find out information on how they might improve their healthy living policies. Settings will be awarded a rating based on their performance.
This webinar will provide an overview of the updated guidance for settings, discuss the importance and role of staff in promoting a healthy lifestyle and support settings in how to best use the self-assessment tool with their setting.