Humanities Faculty

Personal, Social, Health, Education (PSHE) is part of the Humanities Faculty and is taught to all students, in mixed ability groups, once a fortnight. PSHE lessons are taught mainly by PSHE specialists supported by other members of the Humanities faculty. The Tutorial Programme delivered by tutors also supports the delivery of the PSHE curriculum. The PSHE curriculum includes Careers and Financial Education and delivery is supported by external providers, organisations such as the School Nurse Team and local employers.

The content of the curriculum is designed to support students in their personal development and to reflect what it is like growing up in modern Britain and the curriculum meets the Statutory Requirements for ‘Relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education’. It also supports the school’s commitment to SMSC, British Values and Wellbeing and therefore is reviewed regularly to ensure it meets the needs of the students. We aim to engage and inspire our students to be passionate about the world in which they live and inquisitive about their place within it. 

Students learn to be effective problem-solvers and risk-managers and are encouraged to question, think, and reflect, not to pre-judge; to be confident in their opinions and not to be afraid to have their opinion challenged by others.

More details about Careers can be found here

The current Programme of Study for PSHE (2023/24) is as follows:

PSHE Lessons

Year 7 

• Unit 1: Relationships Sex Education - Building healthy relationships, including anti-bullying
• Unit 2: RSE/Health Education - Growing up - puberty, personal hygiene & sleep
• Unit 3: Health/Drugs Education - Anti-smoking/vaping project
• Unit 4: Careers Education - Growing Careers for a Positive Change 

Year 8

• Unit 1: Drugs Education - Inhalants & Edibles
• Unit 2: Careers Education - Making Choices
• Unit 3: Health Education - Healthy Lifestyles
• Unit 4: Relationships Sex Education - Unhealthy Relationships

Year 9

• Unit 1: Citizenship Education - British Politics
• Unit 2: Relationships Sex Education- Real Love Rocks
• Unit 3: Citizenship Education - Gangs, knives & county lines

Year 10

• Unit 1: Relationships Sex Education - Healthy Sexual life
• Unit 2: Careers Education - Personal Career Development
• Unit 3: Drug Education - Understanding Drugs & the Law
• Unit 4: Internet Safety & Harms/Financial Education - Being a Savvy Consumer
• Unit 5: Relationships Sex Education - Unhealthy Relationships

Year 11

• Unit 1: Careers Education - Next Steps
• Unit 2: Health Education - Alcohol & Mental Health
• Unit 3: Relationships Sex Education - Reproductive Health
• Unit 4: Relationships Sex Education - Relationship Issues

Year 12

• Unit 1: Citizenship Education - Being a Safe Driver
• Unit 2: Relationships Sex Education - Healthy Relationships
• Unit 3 : Careers Education - Planning for the Future

Year 13

• Unit 1: Financial Education - Finance for Life
• Unit 2: Citizenship Education - Terrorism & Extremism
• Unit 3: Drug/Health Education - Health & Wellbeing
• Unit 4: Citizenship Education - the Importance of Voting

Tutorial Programme

Year 7

• Unit 1: Relationships Sex Education  - How to be successful
• Unit 2: Health Education - Basic First Aid & Prevention of Infection
• Unit 3: Careers Education - Introduction to Unifrog
• Unit 4: Relationships Sex Education - Respecting Differences
• Unit 5: Internet Safety & Harms - the basics

Year 8

• Unit 1: Relationships Sex Education - Families
• Unit 2: Internet Safety & Harms - BBFC: Choosing what to watch
• Unit 3: Careers Education - Exploring possibilities
• Unit 4: Health Education - Healthy Eating
• Unit 5: Health Education - Immunisation and Vaccinations
• Unit 6: Internet Safety & Harms/Financial Education - Fraud Awareness

Year 9

• Unit 1: Study Skills
• Unit 2: Internet Safety & Harms - Cyber.Fix
• Unit 3: Drug Education - Alcohol awareness
• Unit 4: Health Education - CPR & Defibrillators
• Unit 5: Careers Education - Finding my path
• Unit 6: Relationships Sex Education - Dealing with conflict

Year 10

• Unit 1: Metacognition and revision techniques
• Unit 2: Careers Education - Preparing for Work Experience
• Unit 3: Internet Safety & Harms - Your Rights to Your Information
• Unit 4: Health Education - Blood & Organ Donation
• Unit 5: Careers Education - Health & Safety at work

Year 11

• Unit 1: Careers Education - Preparing for Change
• Unit 2: Study Skills/Revision techniques
• Unit 3: Relationships Sex Education - Parenting
• Unit 4: Health Education - Mental Health Awareness

Year 12

• Unit 1: Study Skills
• Unit 2: Health Education - Life Skills
• Unit 3: Revision Skills

Year 13

• Unit 1: Careers Education - Planning for UCAS
• Unit 2: Health Education - Wellbeing
• Unit 3: Citizenship/Financial Education - Real Life

British Values

According DfE, ‘fundamental British values’ comprise:

• Democracy - A culture built upon freedom and equality, where everyone is aware of their rights and responsibilities.
• The rule of law - The need for rules to make a happy, safe and secure environment to live and work.
• Individual liberty - Protection of your rights and the rights of others around you.
• Mutual respect & tolerance of different faiths and beliefs - Understanding that we all don’t share the same beliefs and values. Respecting those values, ideas and beliefs of others whilst not imposing our own onto them.

The PSHE curriculum aims to develop students understanding of these values: