Half-Term 1

Year 7

• Transition to secondary school - routines, organisation
• Diet, exercise and healthy choices
• Being part of a community
• Bullying and social media

Year 8

• First aid & personal safety, road safety
• Alcohol and drug misuse
• Managing peer influence

Half-Term 2

Year 7

• Enterprise skills and intro to careers
• Challenging career stereotypes and raising aspirations

Year 8

• Rights and responsibilities in the community
• Tacking age & disability discrimination
• Identifying strengths for GCSE options

Half-Term 3

Year 7

• Diversity, prejudice and bullying
• Online gambling and gaming
• Online dangers and risks
• E-safety online behaviour
• Fake news

Year 8

• Tackling racism and religious discrimination, promoting human rights
• Online safety and digital literacy

Half-Term 4

Year 7

• Self-esteem, romance and friendships
• Exploring family life
• Puberty and periods

Year 8

• Intro to sexuality and consent
• Introducing and defining contraception
• Body image

Half-Term 5

Year 7

• Risks of tobacco, alcohol and other substances
• Promoting emotional wellbeing
• The importance of happiness
• Phobias, fears and anxieties
• Stress and performance

Year 8

• Metal health and emotional wellbeing, including body image
• Managing change and loss
• Supporting someone with anxiety

Half-Term 6

Year 7

• Making ethical financial decisions
• Saving, spending and budgeting (Barclays' life skills)
• Democracy

Year 8

• Evaluating value for money
• Risks and consequences of making financial decisions
• Intro to British political system

Half-Term 1

Year 9

• Peer pressure, assertiveness and risk, gang crime
• Dieting, lifestyle balance and unhealthy coping strategies

Year 10

• Sleep - mental health and ill health
• Energy levels and study habits
• Drugs, alcohol, tobacco
• Knife Crime, acid attacks

Year 11

• Transition into Year 11
• Promote self-esteem & cope w/stress
• Drugs and health; mental wellbeing
• Learning and revision skills
• Managing money and gambling

Half-Term 2

Year 9

• Understanding careers and future aspirations
• Identifying learning strengths and setting goals for chosen GCSE subjects

Year 10

• Understanding the causes of debt
• Understanding the risks of gambling
• CV and work experience options
• Interview skills

Year 11

• Understand 6th Form & college application processes (plans beyond school)
• Skills for employment & career progression

Half-Term 3

Year 9

• Managing conflict at home and the dangers of running away
• Tackling prejudice
• Body image
• Online stress & FOMO
• Alcohol
• Radicalisation

Year 10

• Tackle relationship myth & expectation
• Managing relationship challenges
• Human rights, British values and law
• Extremism in all forms & anti-semitism
• Digital footprint

Year 11

• Personal values and assertive communication in relationships
• Tackling domestic abuse / forced marriages

Half-Term 4

Year 9

• RSE SoW; healthy relationships, consent and contraception demo
• My health, my body
• Gender, sex and religion
• Mental health
• Risks of STIs and pornography, RSE talk and contraception demo

Year 10

• Porn life vs real life
• Pornographic materials and attitudes
• What are STIs?
• RSE talk and contraception demo

Year 11

• Consent, assault and rape
• Good sex
• Periods
• Teen pregnancy
• Communication and resilience in relationships

Half-Term 5

Year 9

• Managing peer pressure – substances
• Assessing risks of drugs, tobacco and alcohol and addiction, impact on MH
• Plastics and the environment
• Environment quiz

Year 10

• Influence of role models
• Evaluating risks of drug use – social, physical and emotional?
• Avoiding gang and criminal behaviour
• County Lines
• Modern day slavery

Year 11

• Health and safety in independent contexts
• Revision methods
• Exam preparation
• Stress management
• Relaxation

Half-Term 6

Year 9

• Planning a sustained project – budgeting skills
• Budgeting - mortgages & interest rates
• Democracy, voting & political systems

Year 10

• Preparation for work experience
• Evaluation of work experience and readiness for work

Year 11

• *GCSEs and study leave*

Half-Term 1

Year 12

• Promote self-esteem & cope with stress
• Drugs and health
• Learning and revision skills, personal statements and careers

Year 13

• Promote self-esteem & cope with stress
• Drugs and health
• Learning and revision skills (personal statements and careers)

Half-Term 2

Year 12

• Understanding post-18 application processes (plans beyond school)
• Skills for employment and career progression
• Work experience application & options introduction

Year 13

• Rights & responsibilities in community
• Tackle age & disability discrimination
• Identifying strengths for GCSE options

Half-Term 3

Year 12

• Personal values and assertive communication in relationships
• Tackling domestic abuse / forced marriages

Year 13

• Continuing application processes (plans beyond school)
• Student budgeting & money mgmt (explaining student loans & overdrafts)
• Skills for employment and career progression

Half-Term 4

Year 12

• RSE SoW spiral - healthy relationships, consent and contraception demo (to include communication, resilience and inclusion)
• Risks of STIs and the pornography spiral

Year 13

• Personal values and assertive communication in relationships
• Resilience when living away from home

Half-Term 5

Year 12

• Health and safety in independent contexts
• Taking responsibility for healthy choices

Year 13

• RSE SoW spiral - healthy relationships, consent and contraception demo (to include communication, resilience and inclusion
• Risks of STIs and the pornography spiral

Half-Term 6

Year 12

• Preparation for work experience
• Evaluation of work experience and readiness for work

Year 13

• *A-Levels and study leave*

PSHE is not subject to assessment.

Our diverse range of clubs and societies gives students the opportunity to explore new interests and engage outside of the lesson with peers and in doing so develop their knowledge, skills and attributes all of which support their personal development.

For Key Stage 3 Students:

• BBC Bitesize, PSHE Key Stage 3

Useful Information for parents:

• www.pshe-association.org.uk