PSHE inlcuding HRE

PSHE Curriculum Update: Parent Information & Consultation

We are currently reviewing and strengthening our PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic) curriculum to ensure it meets the latest statutory guidance and continues to reflect the needs of our children and school community. From September, we are proposing to introduce a fully resourced programme called Pol-Ed, which will support children’s wellbeing, safety, friendships and emotional development in an age-appropriate and sensitive way.

On this page you will find our proposed curriculum overview, a parent FAQ sheet, sample lesson materials and a consultation letter. We value working in partnership with families and welcome your views or questions.

Please do get in touch via email if you have any queries after reading the information provided on these pages.

Email office@audleyjunior.blackburn.sch.uk FAO: PSHE Lead

Parental Engagement on Relationships Education, DfE (2020) Section 8

Schools should in particular consider whether aspects of their curriculum may be sensitive to the pupils or to the parents of their particular cohort and, if so, should ensure they have properly engaged them on this content. Schools have been given the responsibility to educate, however, and ultimately it is for schools to decide what is taught and how. What is sensitive may vary according to the context of the school.

In all schools, when teaching Relationships Education, the age and religious background of all pupils must be taken into account when planning teaching. This doesn’t mean ‘not teaching’ some content, but may mean particular care is taken over how such content is covered, a different conclusion is reached about when to teach some issues, or additional time is taken to ensure parents are clear about how the teaching is to be done and what resources are to be used.