PSHE policy

What are the school’s overall aims for PSHE?

Our approach to PSHE consists of a comprehensive and developmental programme of teaching and learning, which is delivered in the context of a Healthy School where the health and well-being of pupils and of the whole school community are actively promoted. Our PSHE programme has a positive influence on the ethos, learning and relationships throughout the school. It is central to our values and to achieving our school’s stated aims and objectives.

Our PSHE programme helps pupils to develop the knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes they need to live confident, healthy, independent lives now and in the future, as individuals, parents/carers, workers and members of society. It is embedded within the wider learning offered by the school to ensure that pupils experience positive relationships with adults and with each other and feel valued, and that those who are most vulnerable are identified and supported. Pupils are encouraged to take part in a wide range of activities and experiences across and beyond the curriculum, contributing fully to the life of our school and community.

The overarching aim for PSHE education is to provide pupils with:

• accurate and relevant knowledge
• opportunities to turn that knowledge into personal understanding
• opportunities to explore, clarify and if necessary challenge, their own and others’ values, attitudes, beliefs, rights and responsibilities
• the skills, language and strategies they need in order to live healthy, safe, fulfilling, responsible and balanced lives

PSHE Association July 2013

Within this, the school aims to develop pupils’ understanding of:

• identity, including personal qualities, attitudes, skills, attributes and achievements and what influences these
• relationships, including different types and in different settings
• a healthy lifestyle, including physically, mentally, emotionally and socially
• a balanced lifestyle, including within relationships, work-life, exercise and rest, spending and saving and diet
• risk, including identification, assessment and how to manage risk rather than simply the avoidance of risk for self and others
• safety, including behaviour and strategies to employ in different settings

• diversity and equality, in all its forms
• rights, including the notion of universal human rights, responsibilities including fairness and justice and consent in different contexts
• change and resilience, the skills, strategies and ‘inner resources’ we can draw on when faced with challenging change or circumstance
• power in a variety of contexts including persuasion, bullying, negotiation and ‘win-win’ outcomes
• career, including enterprise, employability and economic understanding

To fine out more about our approach to PSHE, please read the PSHE policy below.

You can also find more information about our PSHE curriculum on the page below.