PSHE Curriculum

Our PSHE curriculum forms an integral part of our commitment to achieving our vision and great care has been taken to ensure that each year group covers a range of age appropriate topics, which build throughout their time at Magnus, to develop students of good character who are prepared to excel in life beyond the classroom.

At Magnus Academy, we deliver the PSHE curriculum through the equivalent of one lesson per week. Students cover topics such as ‘Health and Wellbeing’; ‘Relationships’; ‘Celebrating Diversity & Equality’ and ‘Life Beyond School’. Our curriculum is designed in such a way that all year groups are working on the same core theme at the same time.

Although our curriculum content is organised under different headings to the Department of Education’s statutory guidance on Relationship Education, RSE and Health education, our model covers all of the statutory requirements for each phase, within a comprehensive PSHE education programme and utilises expertise from the PSHE Association.

Whilst lessons fully cover the full PSHE programme of study, in addition, we ensure that students revisit this content regularly through tutor periods, assemblies and within the breadth and depth of our academic curriculum.

For more information on PSHE education, please see: https://www.pshe-association.org.uk/pshe-education-guide-parents#:~:text=There%20is%20strong%20evidence%20that,essential%20emergency%20life%2Dsaving%20skills

Key Stage 3

At Key Stage 3, students build on the knowledge and understanding, skills, attributes and values they have acquired and developed during their primary education. Our curriculum acknowledges and addresses the changes that young people experience, beginning with transition to secondary school, the challenges of adolescence and their increasing independence. It teaches the knowledge and skills which will equip them for the opportunities and challenges of life. Students learn to manage diverse relationships, their online lives, and the increasing influence of peers and the media.

Key Stage 4

At Key Stage 4, students deepen knowledge and understanding, extend and rehearse skills, and further explore attitudes, values and attributes acquired during Key Stage 3. Our curriculum reflects the fact that students are moving towards an independent role in adult life, taking on greater responsibility for themselves and others.

Key Stage 5

By the end of Key Stage 5, many young people will leave home for the first time and live independently, possibly in distant locations. There is a balance throughout our curriculum between preparing students to manage their current lives and laying the foundations for managing future experiences. It is essential to provide a comprehensive PSHE education programme in key stage 5; this ensures students continue to learn about issues with real-life relevance to them, at a crucial transition point in their lives.

The learning opportunities at Key Stage 5 assume that students have already covered those in Key Stage 4. However, students entering Key Stage 5 come from different feeder schools, and may bring different levels of experience and understanding with them, therefore it is at time necessary to draw learning opportunities from Key Stage 4.

For more information regarding the content of the PSHE curriculum, please see the overview below.

PSHE Curriculum Overview

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PSHE @ Magnus Academy Consultation Presentation