Subject Leader: Emily Anderson
1. Our PSHE Curriculum
At our school, PSHE helps children develop the knowledge, skills and emotional understanding they need to lead safe, healthy and fulfilling lives. Rooted in our Christian ethos, it promotes respect, compassion and kindness while supporting children to manage their emotions, build positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.
We deliver PSHE using the Jigsaw curriculum, alongside No Outsiders and Project Evolve, covering topics such as identity, relationships, health, diversity, online safety and life skills. Lessons are inclusive and engaging, using discussion, role-play, mindfulness, storybooks and cross-curricular links, with extra support for children with additional needs. Through PSHE, children develop resilience, curiosity, independence, teamwork and a strong sense of empathy and social responsibility. Learning is enriched through themed days, clubs, collective worship assemblies, community projects and partnerships with parents, charities, and faith leaders. Pupils enjoy the subject, revisit key topics each year and grow in confidence, wellbeing and understanding of themselves and the wider world, preparing them to thrive in school and beyond.
2. Subject Vision and Intent
The purpose of PSHE at our school, is to equip children with the knowledge, skills and emotional literacy they need to lead safe, healthy, and fulfilling lives, giving them structured opportunities to explore identity, emotions, relationships, and personal decision-making.
Rooted in our school vision and Christian ethos, the curriculum nurtures respect, compassion, and kindness, encouraging pupils to recognise the value of every individual as unique. As children move through school, they develop a deepening understanding of health and wellbeing, relationships, diversity, personal safety, economic awareness and citizenship, while building essential skills in emotional regulation, communication, problem-solving, resilience and responsible decision-making.
PSHE contributes richly to pupils’ spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development by promoting self-reflection, gratitude, integrity, empathy, teamwork, inclusion and appreciation of different families, cultures and perspectives. Through meaningful discussion, circle tim, and collaborative experiences, pupils grow in respect, compassion, and social responsibility.
Ultimately, our PSHE curriculum prepares children for life beyond primary school by developing their resilience, confidence, understanding of healthy relationships, awareness of physical and mental wellbeing and ability to stay safe, including online, ensuring they transition to secondary school as thoughtful, confident, and well-grounded individuals.
3. Implementation — How the Curriculum Is Delivered
Our PSHE curriculum, using Jigsaw PSHE Primary Curriculum, is carefully structured as a spiral programme, ensuring progressive development of knowledge, skills and understanding from Reception to Year 6. Age-appropriate themes such as “Being Me in My World,” “Celebrating Difference,” “Healthy Me,” “Relationships,” “Changing Me,” and “Dreams and Goals” build on prior learning to develop emotional literacy, resilience and social skills.
As well as Jigsaw PSHE Primary Curriculum, we also use No Outsiders which aims to teach children about the characteristics protected by the Equality Act and Project Evolve which equips young people to be safe in the digital world. Lessons are delivered through structured plans, mindful activities, discussion prompts, storybooks, role-play and cross-curricular links with subjects such as English, Science, R.E., and Computing. Teaching is inclusive, with adaptation, visual supports, scaffolded tasks and pastoral support to ensure all pupils, including those with SEND or additional needs, can fully participate. Learning is enriched via themed days, clubs, collective worship assemblies, community visits, charity projects and leadership opportunities, while partnerships with charities, faith leaders and parents reinforce moral, spiritual, and social learning. This comprehensive approach ensures PSHE is relevant, meaningful and deeply embedded in the life of the school and wider community.
4. Inclusion and SEND
Our PSHE curriculum is carefully designed to be both accessible and ambitious, ensuring all pupils can engage with topics at an appropriate level while being challenged to develop skills in emotional literacy, resilience, relationships and personal responsibility. Accessibility is achieved through adapted lessons, scaffolded activities, visual aids, discussion prompts, role-play and multi-sensory approaches, allowing pupils of all abilities to participate meaningfully. Children with SEND or additional needs are supported through small-group or 1:1 guidance, simplified language, social stories and structured discussion prompts. By creating a safe, inclusive environment, PSHE fosters emotional and social wellbeing, promotes self-esteem, empathy and respect, and nurtures a strong sense of belonging, enabling all pupils to feel valued and develop positive relationships within the classroom and the wider school community.
5. Personal Development and Cultural Capital
Our PSHE curriculum significantly contributes to pupils’ personal growth, character and development by providing structured opportunities for self-reflection, emotional literacy and ethical understanding. Pupils develop a strong sense of identity, empathy and responsibility, learning to manage their emotions, make thoughtful decisions and respect the rights and feelings of others, while building integrity, confidence and resilience.
The curriculum promotes resilience by encouraging children to set goals, overcome challenges and learn from setbacks; curiosity through questioning and discussion of emotions, relationships and social issues; independence by fostering safe decision-making and personal responsibility; and teamwork through collaborative activities, circle times, and group problem-solving that develop cooperation and respect for diverse perspectives.
Our curriculum also provides opportunities to explore moral, cultural, and global aspects, including understanding right and wrong, fairness, ethical decision-making, celebrating diversity, learning about different families, religions, and traditions and considering social justice, environmental issues, and community responsibilities. By developing emotional intelligence, social skills, and practical life knowledge, PSHE prepares pupils to thrive beyond primary school, equipping them with the confidence, empathy and resilience to build positive relationships, contribute meaningfully to their communities, and flourish as well-rounded, socially responsible individuals in the wider world.
6. Impact — Monitoring, Evidence and Outcomes
The quality of PSHE teaching and learning is carefully monitored through pupil voice surveys and floor book looks to ensure consistency and effectiveness across school and pupil engagement. High levels of enjoyment and engagement are evident through pupil feedback, active participation in practical and discussion-based lessons and as part of the Jigsaw’s curriculum, revisits topics annually to reinforce learning. Current evidence demonstrates that pupils showing increasing confidence in managing emotions, developing positive relationships, making informed decisions about health and safety and understanding diversity and inclusion. Future priorities focus on developing formal assessment methods and ensuring that all children put into practice their learning during their free time. Recent improvements include enhancing digital safety and online wellbeing education.
7. Subject Leadership and Development
Staff are supported through various schemes and resources. As a part of Jigsaw, Project Evolve and No Outsiders, they are provided with detailed lessons plans, overviews, digital and physical resources. Good practice and consistency is monitored across school through floor books looks and pupil voice. Further development priorities include:
- strengthening children’s understanding of diversity, respect and equality by embedding workshops on tackling racism and promoting respect, alongside PSHE and whole-school cultural celebrations
- Enhance pupil wellbeing and resilience
- Increase breadth of pupil participation in enrichment so that, beyond universal trips and performances, at least 90% of pupils engage in a club, inter-school event, leadership role, or specialist enrichment opportunity
- Strengthen careers and aspirations education in KS2 so pupils can articulate future goals and pathways.