Title page
Contents
About Public Health England 2
The importance of the National Child Measurement Programme 4
1. Introduction 6
Background 6
The NCMP IT system 7
2. Overview of NCMP deliverables 8
Key NCMP deliverables 8
NCMP dates 8
3. Planning the measurements 9
Securing local engagement 9
Taking calls from parents and delivering proactive follow-up 16
Equipment 16
Data to be collected 19
Planning the measurements: checklist 20
4. Doing the measurements 21
Setting up 21
Measuring height and weight 21
Doing the measurements: checklist 25
5. After the measurements: result letters and proactive follow-up 26
Producing result letters 27
Proactive follow-up 28
After the measurements: checklist 30
6. Data upload and validation 31
7. Use of the NCMP data 32
Use of data by NHS Digital 32
Use of data at a local level 32
Providing results to schools 35
Data use at a local level: checklist 35
Appendix 1: NCMP resources 36
Appendix 2: Change4Life resources 38
Appendix 3: Other Healthy Weight Resources 39
Appendix 4: Delivery summary checklists 41
Appendix 5: Types of schools 43
References 44
Table 1. Key NCMP dates 8
Table 2. Child BMI centile classifications (clinical cut-offs) 27
Table 3. Child BMI centile classifications (population cut-offs) 34
Figure 1/Figure 2. The Frankfurt Plane 24