SOUTH WEST INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL STUDIES PROGRAMME FOR SCHOOLS
PSHE AND CITIZENSHIP
(QTS Standards Q14, 15)
The school PSHE programme
Education for Citizenship and schools councils
The people involved in the production of this presentation were:
Claire Browne, Topsham School
Sam Bone, Oldway Primary
Charlotte Faulkner, Eggbuckland Primary
Sally Eales, College of St Mark & St John
Gini Wells, Littletown Primary
Lynda King, University of Exeter
Every Child Matters underpins the
PSHE curriculum in schools
PSHE
Healthy Schools
EVERY CHILD MATTERS
(ECM)
Be Healthy
Stay Safe
Enjoy and Achieve
Make a Positive Contribution
Achieve Economic Well-being
PSD
SEAL/SEAD
Social and Emotional
Aspects of Learning
SEAL
Healthy Schools
EVERY CHILD
MATTERS
(ECM)
Be Healthy
Stay Safe
Enjoy and Achieve
Make a Positive Contribution
Achieve Economic
Personal and Social
Personal, Social and Health
Well-being
Development
Education
PSD
PSHE
Personal and Social Development
(PSD)
Schools are required to:
• promote the spiritual, moral, cultural,
mental and physical development of pupils
at the school and in society
• prepare pupils for the opportunities,
responsibilities and experiences of adult life
Education Reform Act 1988
Personal Social and Health
Education (PSHE)
 Promotes
the PSD of its pupils though
planned learning opportunities
 In
dedicated lessons as well as through
NC, assemblies, circle time, guidance and
support systems, special projects and
other events that enrich pupils’
experiences.
PSHE
Core Aims
Developing pupils’ confidence and
responsibilities and making the most of their
abilities
 Preparing pupils to play an active role as
citizens
 Helping pupils to develop a healthy, safer
lifestyle
 Helping pupils to develop good relationship and
to respect the differences between people.

PSHE
In PSHE opportunities pupils can:
• explore the values and beliefs
• respond to their present lives and prepare for work and
adult life
• develop life skills such as decision-making, problemsolving and communication,
• • develop community links.
PSHE
The PSHE curriculum during Key Stages 1-4 may include:
health
and drug education;
education for sustainable development;
economic and industrial understanding;
careers education and guidance
citizenship.
SEAL
Social and Emotional Aspects of
Learning
Also Social and Emotional Aspects of Development for the Early Years
(SEAD)
A resource
for teaching PSHE used in many
schools
Provides a framework for explicitly promoting
social, emotional and behavioural skills
Built-in progression for each year group within a
school
Involves parents and carers in developing
children’s social, emotional and behavioural skills
SEAL provides
 Guidance
for teachers
 Suggested themes and ways of
implementation
 Writing frames and interactive texts
Some of the SEAL materials are copied onto
this disc
SCHOOLS COUNCILS
 Many
schools have set up schools
councils to involve pupils in making
decisions about what happens in their
school
 This involves pupils in developing
important skills for adult life – making
suggestions, weighing up pros and cons,
accepting the majority verdict
Useful documents/websites

PSHE:
http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk/eOrderingD
ownload/DfES%200859%20200MIG1880.pdf

SEAL: http://www.bandapilot.org.uk/primary/

Schools councils:
http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk/eOrderingD
ownload/1696-2005PDF-EN-01.pdf
http://www.schoolcouncils.org/