Personal, Social & Health Education & RSE
At Danesholme Academies, our PSHE curriculum is designed so that every child will 'Be Ready':
Ready to Learn — We provide an engaging, knowledge-rich PSHE curriculum that ignites curiosity and builds firm foundations for personal growth. We nurture children’s readiness to explore, question, and develop the skills they need to make informed, healthy, and safe choices.
Ready for Life — Our PSHE learning goes beyond academic success: we equip children with resilience, confidence, and self-awareness, preparing them to navigate relationships, manage emotions, and embrace the challenges and opportunities of life.
Ready to Contribute — We foster a strong sense of community, respect, and kindness through PSHE. Children learn to value diversity, collaborate effectively, and contribute positively to their school, neighbourhood, and the wider world.
Ready to Succeed — Through high expectations and progressive PSHE learning, every child is empowered to develop essential life skills, understand their responsibilities, and be ready for the next stage of their education and future aspirations.
Implementation
At Danesholme Junior Academy, PSHE is delivered through a carefully sequenced curriculum that equips pupils with the knowledge, skills and confidence to thrive both now and in the future. Learning is planned progressively from Year 3 to Year 6, enabling children to revisit and build upon key themes including health and wellbeing, relationships, personal safety, diversity, citizenship and economic understanding.
Through high-quality discussions, reflection, assemblies, themed events and cross-curricular links, pupils develop resilience, empathy, respect and the ability to make informed decisions.
Online safety is woven throughout the curriculum, ensuring that pupils understand how to stay safe in an increasingly digital world, including learning about healthy online relationships, privacy, responsible communication and emerging online risks. Half termly Online Safety assemblies enhance this.
Our PSHE curriculum promotes our school values and prepares children to become respectful, responsible and active members of modern society.
Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE)
At Danesholme Junior Academy, Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) is taught through the 1decision programme, a comprehensive and progressive scheme designed by PSHE, safeguarding and education specialists. The programme uses engaging videos, discussions, interactive activities and real-life scenarios to help children develop the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to stay safe, healthy and prepared for life in modern Britain. The scheme is widely used across primary schools and is regularly updated to reflect current guidance and emerging issues affecting children and young people.
What is Relationships Education?
Relationships Education helps children to understand how to build positive, healthy and respectful relationships with others. Pupils learn about friendships, families, kindness, respect, boundaries, inclusion and how to seek help when needed. As they progress through the school, children also develop an understanding of online relationships, personal safety, bullying, peer pressure and the importance of treating others with dignity and respect. Through the 1decision programme, these topics are taught in an age-appropriate way, supporting children to become responsible and respectful members of their community.
What is Health Education?
Health Education supports pupils to understand how to maintain their physical and mental wellbeing. Children learn about healthy lifestyles, physical health, emotional wellbeing, personal hygiene, safety, first aid, risk-taking behaviour and the importance of making informed choices. The 1decision scheme includes learning around keeping safe, keeping healthy, feelings and emotions, computer safety and personal responsibility, enabling pupils to develop resilience and strategies for managing challenges both now and in later life.
What is Sex Education?
In primary schools, Relationships Education and Health Education are statutory subjects, meaning all schools must teach them. Sex Education, however, is not compulsory in primary schools and is a decision made by individual schools in consultation with parents and governors. The Department for Education advises schools to ensure children are appropriately prepared for the changes that occur during adolescence and puberty. Where aspects of human development are taught, they are delivered in an age-appropriate, sensitive and factual manner.
Parental Engagement in RSHE
At Danesholme Academies, we recognise the important role parents and carers play in supporting their child's Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE). To ensure families are fully informed about the curriculum, we deliver an annual RSHE Parent Workshop during the Summer 1 term.
During the workshop, parents and carers have the opportunity to view the resources and materials used within our 1decision programme, gain an understanding of the topics taught across each year group and learn how the curriculum is delivered in an age-appropriate and sensitive manner. Details of the workshop are shared with families through our ClassDojo communication platform.
We value parental feedback and encourage attendees to ask questions, share their views and engage in discussions about the curriculum. If you are unable to attend the workshop, or you have a sensitive question, we warmly welcome any questions or comments via the school office, and members of staff will be happy to provide further information and support via email. Equally, we warmly welcome face to face meetings.
The Department for Education published Statutory Guidance for Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education in June 2019. You can view the statutory guidance here.
We follow national guidance in this area and you can read our trust-wide policy here.
Please see below for the academy’s own PSHE/SRE policy
Withdrawal Arrangements
The is only one 'One Decision' unit that counts as non‑statutory sex education and this is Year 6 – Conception / Sex Education animation & topic guide
Schools may choose whether to deliver this lesson; if they do, parents have the right to withdraw their child and should follow the guidance in the policy.
National Curriculum PSHE programmes of Study
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-social-health-and-economic-education-pshe
Impact