The Health and wellbeing core theme of P.S.H.E education teaches knowledge and skills related to healthy lifestyles, including food choices, exercise, sleep and dental health; mental health; drugs and alcohol; first aid and emergency life-saving skills; sexual health and fertility; managing risk and personal safety. This education directly supports children to be mentally and physically healthy, which in turn supports their education outcomes (research evidence shows that educational outcomes and health are closely linked (Public Health England, 2014).

We focus on practical skills that support academic achievement and future professional life:

• Teamwork and Learning Skills: We teach pupils that the future workplace is collaborative. They learn how to contribute constructively to a group, respect diverse viewpoints, and manage conflict effectively. This includes developing meta-cognition—the skill of learning how to learn—by encouraging pupils to seek feedback, reflect on their progress, and adapt their study methods. This makes them independent and effective learners.

Our careers focus is integrated throughout the curriculum, ensuring pupils are ready for the next stage of education or employment:

• Employability Skills: Highlighting how academic study builds transferable skills (e.g., problem-solving, critical thinking, communication) and making explicit links between classroom tasks and real-world application.
• Options and Building a CV: Guiding pupils to explore diverse and emerging career options and teaching them how to effectively document their achievements, skills, and experiences into a strong CV or personal statement.
• Self-Reflection and Aspirations: Fostering self-reflection to help pupils understand their personal values, strengths, and weaknesses. This enables them to define genuine aspirations that lead to motivated and fulfilling long-term career choices.

In an increasingly connected world, understanding personal boundaries and social dynamics is vital for wellbeing and safety:

• Consent & Social Influences: Understand consent and the necessity of setting boundaries in personal, digital, and professional contexts. Pupils learn to critically assess and resist negative peer pressure and social influences to foster independent decision-making.
• Influences on the Individual: Examine the internal and external factors (media, family, culture) that shape their identity and behaviour. This promotes informed choices, making them aware consumers of information and helping protect their mental health and personal safety.

Each unit covered in the P.S.H.E curriculum will provide opportunities for independent work, pair work and group work, all of which are used to build different skills such as debating and making judgements. A focus in P.S.H.E is developing the pupils’ personal wellbeing. All P.S.H.E lessons contain elements of retrieval practice, new knowledge and application enabling the pupils to consolidate their understanding of each core P.S.H.E concept or skill. Pupils have many opportunities for discussion and analysis of topics in order to express their own opinions and develop the skill of being respectful and open to other people’s ideas.

Throughout the course pupils will be given opportunities for different types of assessment. In their lessons pupils will consistently have mini low stakes assessments in the form of knowledge tests, True and False quizzes and regular questioning. Pupils will also be assessed at the end of the unit on their extended writing ability through in class exam questions.

The purpose of the P.S.H.E curriculum is to encourage pupils to think critically about their personal wellbeing and safety and apply their learning to their own context which is done by establishing cross-curricular links with subjects such as English, RE and History to help form connections. The aim is to expose pupils to Relationships, Learning Skills and Health and wellbeing.

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(Pupils rotate so will spend 9 weeks in P.S.H.E)

Teamwork and learning skills

Careers - Self reflection and aspirations

Teamwork and learning skills

Careers - Self reflection and aspirations

Teamwork and learning skills

Careers - Self reflection and aspirations

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(Pupils rotate so will spend 9 weeks in P.S.H.E)

Careers - Employability skill focus

Relationships - Consent and social influences focus

Relationships - Consent and social influences focus

Relationships - Consent and social influences focus

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(Pupils rotate so will spend 9 weeks in P.S.H.E)

Careers - Options and building a CV

Relationships - Influences on the individual

Relationships - Influences on the individual

Careers - Options and building a CV

Relationships - Influences on the individual

• Protected Characteristics
• British Values
• What is diversity
• Recognising self and others

• Values & Law
• Social Responsibility

• Mental health
• Healthy lifestyles (basic hygiene/sleep)

• Personal Well-being

• Local communities
• Youth crime (basic causes/consequences)

• Social Responsibility

• Financial choices (pocket money, simple budgeting)

• Personal Well-being

• Royal Family (Role and function)
• Government (Local vs. National)
• Recognising discrimination
• Equality Act (basic principles)

• Values & Law
• Social Responsibility

• Addictive substances (alcohol/tobacco)
• Challenging gender stereotypes
• Managing risks (online/offline)

• Personal Well-being

• Social media usage (digital footprint, online safety)
• Sex education (puberty, consent, relationships - age appropriate)

• Personal Well-being
• Social Responsibility

• Democracy (principles)
• Free press (importance and scrutiny)
• Voting systems (different types)
• Houses of Britain (Parliamentary structure)

• Values & Law
• Social Responsibility

• Recognising discrimination (deeper analysis)
• Equality Act (case studies/application)

• Values & Law

• Revision techniques (metacognition and study skills)

• Personal Well-being

• UK's role with international organisations (UN, NATO)
• Democracy (global challenges)

• Values & Law
• Social Responsibility

• Financial matters including mortgages and loans (understanding interest, credit scores)
• Saving and investing (basic concepts)

• Personal Well-being

• Sixth form providers and further education (options, applications, student finance awareness)

• Personal Well-being