Curriculum
Get Health Education Right
Plan a health education curriculum your pupils will take seriously and your staff will feel confident to teach.
- 25 minutes
- 10 modules
- 0.5 CPD hours
- Certificate
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What you'll learn
- Gather pupil voice from the quiet majority, not just the loudest pupils
- Involve families so the messages at home match those in school
- Prepare and support staff teaching topics outside their expertise
- Plan lessons on sensitive topics that are safe for every pupil
- Set clear aims for what should change in pupils' real lives
About this course
PSHE has long been the lesson some pupils, and some staff, don't take seriously. Health education asks for more, from sleep to self-harm and eating disorders, often taught by people who aren't experts in any of them.
You'll shape a curriculum that fits your school, starting with what pupils actually want to learn, from the quiet ones in the middle as well as the loudest voices. Bring families in early, too, so home and school give the same messages. You'll plan how to prepare staff, what to do when a topic is personal to one of them, and why a teacher yawning through a lesson on sleep undoes it.
Every decision starts with the end in mind: what would be different for your pupils if the curriculum worked?
- For governors, middle leaders and senior leaders. All phases. England only.
10 modules
Open in order
- 1 min
Introduction
- 3 min
Engage with pupil voice
- 4 min
Staff are role models
- 3 min
Consider the role of families
- 5 min
Support your staff
- 3 min
Explore real life applications
- 4 min
Keep it safe
- 2 min
Take it seriously
- 4 min
Start with the end in mind
- 1 min
Wrap up