• Promote healthy relationships by educating students about the importance of respectful, consensual and healthy relationships. Lessons provide students with the skills to navigate interpersonal dynamics effectively.
• Support students with the knowledge and skills to engage actively and positively in the school and home communities, understanding their rights and responsibilities as students and citizens.

Complementary Subjects:

• Physical Education - beyond physical fitness, PE promotes teamwork, respect, and personal responsibility, which are integral to social skills and healthy relationships.
• Religious Education - Encourages discussions about ethics, morality, and different belief systems which can enhance students understanding of citizenship and ethical decision making
• Science - Discussions regarding health education can also reinforce the importance of informed decision making regarding personal and public health.
• Humanities - ICE lessons can provide historical context to current social situations, helping students understand the complexities of citizenship and ethical behaviour in different cultures. PSHE also encourages critical thinking around the role as a citizen of the UK and DSTC community.
• English - ICE ensures students think and literacy analysis and studies themes related to identity, morality, and social justice .It also enhances communication skills by allowing students to express their thoughts and ideas clearly, which is effective for writing and oral presentations in English
• Languages - ICE promotes cultural awareness and respect for students' diversity, enhancing appreciation for different cultures and languages.
• Careers - ICE focuses on work experience, career or job choices, as well as focusing on teamwork, communication, and ethical decision making, preparing students for the world of work or further education.

KS3

 

Students are taught in discrete ICE lessons for 1 hour per fortnight. Many topics are also supported by assemblies, drop-down days and external visitors/experts.

The Key Stage 3 curriculum is a bespoke spiral curriculum that develops aspects from the themes below and progresses into Key Stage 4. The topics covered include:

• Relationships and Sex Education
• SMSC
• Fundamental British Values
• Cooperative Values
• Keeping safe
• Online and Media Safety
• Anti-bullying
• Healthy Lifestyles
• Mental Health and wellbeing
• Physical Health and Fitness
• Drugs, alcohol and tobacco
• Basic First Aid
• Changing Adolescent Body
• Families
• Respectful relationships, including friendships
• Careers education
• Safeguarding

	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Year 7	Health and Well Being - Transition and Safety	Health and Well Being - Puberty and fertility	Living in the wider world - Developing skills and aspirations	Living in the wider world - Digital Literacy	Relationships  - Diversity, prejudice, and bullying	Relationships - Self-worth, romance and friendships (including online) and relationship boundaries
Year 8	Health and Well Being - Drugs and alcohol	Health and Well Being - Emotional Well- being and Mental health	Living in the wider world - Community and careers, including ‘From School to Life’	Living in the wider world - Gangs, crime and Drug education	Relationships  - Celebrating diversity, cultures and breaking down stereotypes	Relationships - Human variation, fertility and teenage pregnancy
Year 9	Health and Well Being - Peer influences, risk taking and bullying	Health and Well Being - Healthy lifestyles, exercise and risks around vaping	Living in the wider world - Ambitions and aspirations	Living in the wider world - Drug education, gangs and addiction	Relationships  - Respectful relationships, intimacy, consent and control.	Relationships - Risks around STIs, forced marriage and relationship break ups

 

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KS4

 

Students are taught in discrete ICE lessons in Year 10 and through tutor time in Year 11. Many topics are also supported by assemblies, drop-down days and external visitors/experts.

The Key Stage 4 curriculum is a bespoke spiral curriculum that develops from Key Stage 3 through the themes below:

• Relationships and Sex Education
• SMSC
• Fundamental British Values
• Cooperative Values
• Keeping safe
• Online and Media Safety
• Anti-bullying
• Healthy Lifestyles
• Mental Health and wellbeing
• Physical Health and Fitness
• Drugs, alcohol and tobacco
• Basic First Aid
• Changing Adolescent Body
• Families
• Safeguarding
• Respectful relationships, including friendships

	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Year 10	Health and Well Being - Mental health investigated	Living in the wider world - Financial decision making	Relationships - What is a healthy relationship, coercive control and consent	Relationships - Exploring influence	Health and well-being - Risk and safety and exploring radicalisation and extremism	Living in the wider world - Exploring careers, further education and work experience
Year 11	Health and Well Being - Building for the future	Living in the wider world -  Decision making and my next steps	Relationships - Sexual health, personal choices, assertive communication	Health and Well being - Independence and responsible decision making	Relationships - Marriage, pregnancy and marriage	N/A

 

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KS5

 

Students in Key Stage 5 have the benefit of timetabled compulsory ICE lessons, alongside bespoke tutor times and drop-down days in many areas of Personal Development. Topics are tailored to meet the current life skills needed for this age group.

The topics in Post 16 include:

Year 12

• Mental Health and Wellbeing
• Managing stress
• Body image
• Healthy coping strategies
• Career Opportunities
• Preparing for the world of work
• Living in a diverse society
• Challenging prejudice and discrimination
• Exploring future opportunities
• Post-18 options
• The impact of financial decisions
• Consent
• Assertive communication
• Positive relationships and recognising abuse
• Safeguarding
• Strategies for managing dangerous situations or relationships
• Independence and keeping safe
• Travel
• First Aid
• The impact of substance abuse

Year 13

• Responsible health choices
• Managing change
• Health and wellbeing, including special health, into adulthood
• Application processes
• Future opportunities and career development
• Maintaining a positive professional identity
• Personal values, including in relation to contraceptive and sexual health
• Fertility and Pregnancy
• Managing money
• Financial contracts
• Budgeting/savings and debt
• Influences on financial choices
• New friendships and relationships, including in the workplace
• Personal safety
• Intimacy
• Conflict resolution
• Relationship changes

	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Year 12	Health and Well Being - Mental Health and well- being and transition into Post 16	Health and Well being - Stress management, body positivity and cosmetic surgery	Relationships - Sex and the media, sexual relationships and coercion	Relationships - Boundaries, safety, marriage and parenting	Living in the wider world - substance misuse, online safety	Living in the wider world - Driving, travelling abroad and risk taking
Year 13	Health and Well-being - Health choices, vaccinations and managing choice	Health and Well-being - Sexual health, fertility changes and parenthood	Relationships - Sexting, sexual abuse and domstic violence	Relationships - Breakdowns, violence and control and online pornography	Living in the wider world - preparing for university and life motivational choices	N/A

Further Reading/Resources:

PSHE Association - https://pshe-association.org.uk/

Bounce Forward - https://bounceforward.com/

Police Education (Pol - Ed) - https://www.pol-ed.co.uk/

Sex Education Forum - https://www.sexeducationforum.org.uk/