PSHE & CAREERS CURRICULUM

Syllabus

Our PSHE & Careers curriculum is drawn from:

  1. PSHE Association Curriculum for Key Stage 5
  2. The Gatsby Benchmarks for Careers

PSHE & Careers is a key component of our Post 16 curriculum and designed to prepare students for their next steps in either education or the world of work.

It covers three key components:

Health & Well Being

Learning Outcomes:

  • Self-concept
  • Mental health & wellbeing
  • Healthy lifestyles
  • Risk & personal safety
  • Sexual health
  • Drugs, alcohol & tobacco

Relationships

Learning Outcomes:

  • Relationship values
  • Respectful relationships
  • Consent
  • Contraception & parenthood
  • Bullying, abuse & discrimination

Living in the Wider World

Learning Outcomes:

  • Choices & pathways
  • Work and careers
  • Employment rights & responsibilities
  • Financial choices
  • Media literacy & digital resilience

Curriculum Time

All Post 16 students receive a single lessons of PSHE & Careers per week.

Additional careers support is undertaken on a 1:1 with students to prepare them for their chosen destination after Post 16.

Qualifications

PSHE is a non-examined subject therefore students do not undertake qualifications in PSHE.

Resources

The dedicated, spacious Post 16 Classrooms used for PSHE & Careers lessons benefit from access to computers, an interactive digital projector. Additionally, students have access to iPads for specific lessons.

Students have access to a semi-independent, experienced careers advisor to support the careers lessons and 1:1 careers sessions.

Post 16

Careers information, education, advice and guidance are at the forefront of the school’s approach. Staff know pupils exceptionally well and seek to offer impartial and independent advice, so that pupils can thrive with self-belief and confidence as they edge closer to adulthood.

OFSTED, 2023