Planning PSHE education

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We have everything you need to plan effective and safe PSHE education for your pupils. Ideally this quote should be no longer than two lines on desktop, which looks like this.
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Liz Laming
Subject Specialist

About the PSHE education curriculum

The most effective model of delivery for personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education is a sequenced, spiral programme that builds on prior learning as pupils progress through school. And like any other school curriculum subject it needs regular curriculum time – at least an hour a week ideally.

It is now also a statutory requirement to teach the majority of the subject. This statutory content – often referred to as RSHE – includes Relationships Education (KS1-2), Relationships and Sex Education (KS3-4) and Health Education from key stages 1 to 4.

The rest of PSHE education remains vital too. For example, the Department for Education recommends age appropriate sex education in primary schools even though it’s not compulsory. And though not yet statutory, economic wellbeing, careers and personal safety should feature in any good quality PSHE education programme. Our guides and tools will help you to plan a coherent programme that seamlessly integrates statutory and non-statutory content.

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