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PSHCE Curriculum Overview

Curriculum overview

“PSHE education is a school curriculum subject in England that helps children and young people stay healthy, safe and prepared for life – and work – in modern Britain.” PSHE Association (2022)

Personal, Social, Health, & Citizenship Education (PSHCE) at The King Alfred School – an Academy (TKASA) aims to provide a coherent program for all students throughout their journey with us. As a multidisciplinary team of tutors, teachers, and support staff, we aim to encourage high aspirations not just in our own academic subjects and specialisms, but for the student as a whole.

PSHCE at TKASA aims to help students to:

· Develop strategies to promote their own and others physical and mental wellbeing

· Promote their spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development – with a focus on British Values and Citizenship

· Identify and develop their personal qualities, attitudes, skills, attributes, and achievements

· Provide expert, up-to-date careers guidance that gives them the best information and opportunities available, and helps their progression into further education, training, and/or employment.

· Develop understanding of relationships between friends, family, and others – how to stay safe, express consent, and be able to communicate when they do not feel safe.

PSHCE at TKASA makes a significant contribution to student’s social, moral, spiritual and cultural (SMSC) development, which in turn contributes to their behaviour, safety, and wellbeing. PSHCE promotes students’ personal development by helping them to build their confidence, resilience, and self-esteem. Risk identification and management, along with how to make informed decisions, helps our students to make their own choices for their future – whether that is for their chosen career or general life decisions, taking into consideration the issues and requirements found locally in Somerset.

In 2024, TKASA have adopted the Wellio Education programme for PSHCE as it aligns with our core ethos and puts student wellbeing at the heart of every lesson.

Students will be assessed during all lessons through an array of assessment for learning strategies, and will also receive assessments throughout the programme in the form of diagnostic assessment questions and extended writing exercises.

With the Wellio programme, teachers are able to easily facilitate the learning and exploration of key topics that ensure that our students develop into well rounded citizens.

These lessons are delivered via 1 hour PSHCE lesson per fortnight for Years 7-11 and a 30 minute tutor period every fortnight for Sixth Form.

The Year 11 programme has a slightly reduced programme due to the examination season in the school’s final term of the academic year.

The Big Picture for 2024/25 can be found at the following link: PSHCE Big Picture 2024/25

The PSHCE Statement of Intent can be found here: click here

And the current version of the RSHE Guidance can be found here: click here