At Clare Mount Specialist Sports College, all students follow a comprehensive programme of study for Personal, Social, Health and Economic education. This became compulsory in all schools from 2020.  We consider PSHE to be one of the most important elements of our curriculum. The DfE states, “All elements of PSHE are important and the government continues to recommend PSHE is taught in schools”.  The intent of our Personal Development curriculum is to support our students to become informed confident, healthy, resilient, and empathetic citizens who are fully prepared for life beyond Clare Mount.  Our engaging curriculum offers our students a platform to explore, debate and discuss real life topics and develop relevant life skills.  

Our implementation goes above and beyond the Government guidance in our planning and delivery of several contemporary themes that are of great importance to society and the modern world we live in. We invite outside speakers into school to compliment learning that has taken place in the classroom and provide educational opportunities for all students. Overall, our implementation of PSHE and RHSE promotes well-being, spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development as well as preparing our students for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life. 

Assessment

Clare Mount students complete a baseline assessment at the start of the year. Throughout the year learning is established using online checkpoints that cover 3 core themes.

Core theme 1: Health and Wellbeing

Core theme 2: Relationships

Core theme 3: Living in the Wider World

Within those themes student are expected to cover Rights, Responsibilities and British Values. The Celebration of Diversity and Equality in Britain today. How to stay Safe on and Offline. Relationships and Sex Education. Health and Wellbeing and Life Beyond School.

Progression Routes

PSHE allows students to prepare themselves for the complexities of adult life in an age appropriate manner. All school students are expected to have the knowledge and skills to be able to navigate the world for themselves. At Clare Mount this is achieved in a nurturing environment that places the individual at the heart of the curriculum.

Students explore the Statutory content prescribed in a Spiral Curriculum that builds their learning each year and meets their ever maturing needs. The pattern of learning falls into six categories that are delivered during each half-term. They are…

• Autumn Term 1 - Being Me
• Autumn Term 2 - Celebrating Difference
• Spring Term 1 - Dreams and Goals
• Spring Term 2 - Healthy Me
• Summer Term 1 - Relationships
• Summer Term 2 - Changing Me

Student Voice

‘PSHE lessons teach me how to be safe and to look after myself. We talk about how to manage difficult situations now and in the future.'