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Personal Social & Health EducationPersonal, Social & Health Education (PSHE)

Including Sex & Relation Education and Drug Education

How can PSHE enhance your school?

Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) including SRE and drug education helps to give pupils the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to lead confident, healthy, independent lives and to become informed, active, responsible citizens.

PSHE contributes to all five of the Every Child Matters outcomes for children: being safe, enjoying and achieving, making a positive contribution and economic well-being.

Drug information boxes made by pupils at Tibshelf Community School.

May Day at Long Eaton school

PSHE and Healthy Schools
A healthy school promotes physical and emotional health by providing accessible and relevant information and equipping pupils with the skills and attitudes to make informed decisions about their health. It understands the importance of investing in PSHE to assist in raising levels of pupil achievement and improving standards. It also recognises the need to provide both a physical and social environment that is conducive to learning.

NHSS Criteria for PSHE:

1. Uses the PSHE framework to deliver a planned programme of PSHE, in line with relevant DfES/QCA guidance

2. Monitors and evaluates PSHE provision to ensure the quality of teaching and learning

3. Assesses children/young people’s progress and achievement in line with QCA guidance

4. Has a named member of staff responsible for PSHE provision with status, training and appropriate Senior Management support within the school

5. Has up-to-date policies in place – developed through wide consultation, implemented and monitored and evaluated for impact - covering Sex and Relationship Education, Drug Education and Incidents, Safeguarding, and Confidentiality

6. Has an implemented Non-Smoking Policy, or is working towards being smoke-free by Summer 2007

7. Involves professionals from appropriate external agencies to create specialist teams to support PSHE delivery and to improve skills and knowledge, such as a school nurse, sexual health outreach workers and drug education advisers

8. Has arrangements in place to refer children/young people to specialist services who can give professional advice on matters such as contraception, sexual health and drugs

9. Uses local data and information to inform activities and support important national priorities such as reducing teenage pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections and drug/alcohol misuse

10. Ensures provision of appropriate PSHE professional development opportunities for staff – such as the Certification Programmes for teachers and nurses offered by DH/DfES

11. Has mechanisms in place to ensure all children/young people’s views are reflected in curriculum planning, teaching and learning and the whole school environment, including those with special educational needs and specific health conditions, as well as disaffected children/young people, young carers and teenage parents

PSHE Section of the website includes:

	Criteria Criteria and minimum evidence required to achieve NHSS, including links to Ofsted Self Evaluation Form.
	Outcomes Qualitative and quantitative outcome examples needed for the NHHS process.
	Guidance Documents and information related to the PSHE core theme, that schools may find useful.
	Policies Link to the policies section, providing guidance for creating policies.
	Training Link to the training section, outlining available training opportunities in Derbyshire and in school for staff and pupils.
	Resources/Projects Local and national resources or projects linked to the PSHE core theme.
	Case Studies Link to the case studies section, where Derbyshire Schools and the Health Promoting Schools team share projects and practice that have promoted health and wellbeing.
	Related Initiatives Local and national initiatives information, that contribute towards the PSHE core theme.
	Web Links Link to a list of useful external websites.