Personal Development goes above and beyond the National Curriculum.
Within our school, it is a both a subject and part of our school ethos of Grow, Believe and Achieve. We want each child to leave our school having gained key skills and knowledge needed to fulfil their potential in life with a positive lifelong attitude.
Through our PSHE and wider curriculum, pupils will learn to develop resilience preparing them to navigate through their future. We aim to bring out the ‘Best in Bootle’.
The Government’s statutory safeguarding guidance for schools: Keeping children safe in education; statutory guidance for schools and colleges (May 2016) states that: ‘Governing bodies and proprietors should ensure children are taught about safeguarding, including online, through teaching and learning opportunities, as part of providing a broad and balanced curriculum. This may include covering relevant issues through personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE), through sex and relationship education (SRE)’.
The National Curriculum (September 2014) states that all schools:
- Must provide a curriculum that is broadly based and balanced and which meets the needs of all pupils
- Promote the spiritual, moral, social, cultural, mental and physical development of all pupils at the school and society
- Make provision for PSHE education, drawing on good practice across the education sector.
Our aim is to teach children how to navigate through life safely, happily and healthily.
In partnership with parents, staff at Thomas Gray will support children growing up in a constantly changing world to teach them transferrable life skills. We promote this through our school and British values.
Personal Development Implementation
Personal Development across the Curriculum
British Values
