Personal, Social, Health Education (PSHE)
Curriculum intent
Personal, Social, Health, and Economics Education (PSHE) at Broadoak aims to equip our students with the knowledge and skills needed to prepare them for the responsibilities, opportunities, and challenges of life. It provides an opportunity for students to learn about and reflect upon:
- SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural) issues
- RSE (Relationship and Sex Education) – meeting the legal and statutory expectation
- BV (British Values)
These enable all students to become informed and articulate citizens of their local, national and global communities.
The PSHE programme is delivered by teachers for a lesson a week discreetly in the curriculum. It is underpinned by the guidance of the PSHE Association and Sex Education Forum to ensure age-appropriate resourcing and delivery whilst also responding to student voice, current affairs and academy foci.
PSHE provides students with a wealth of opportunities to explore their own values and beliefs, develop self-knowledge, self-esteem and self-confidence, distinguish right from wrong, participate fully in a democratic society and acquire an appreciation of the diversity and richness of other groups.
KS3 curriculum
Students will be assessed throughout the year for knowledge, understanding and skills.
KS4 curriculum
Students will be assessed throughout the KS4 for knowledge, understanding and skills.
Pathways beyond school – where could this subject take you?
PSHE provides chance to give every student an equal opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge they need to thrive now and in the future. These skills include (but are not exclusive to):
Safety (Online and Offline) – e.g online digital footprint that could influence an employer’s decision.
Physical Health and Risk-taking Behaviour – e.g Improving attitudes toward diet and exercise as well as avoiding substance misuse.
Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing – e.g students with positive mental health perform better and are more academically successful than those that do not know how/where to seek support.
Academic success – e.g, boosting life chances and employability
Employability and Social-mobility – talking intergenerational disadvantage by breaking stereotypes about different careers.
Economic wellbeing – e.g money management
These non-academic skills and attributes acquired through PSHE education have a positive impact on academic performance and life chances as well as being key to boosting the employability of school-leavers and improving social mobility.
