Personal, Social, Health, and Economic Education at Oxley is delivered through a well-rounded, holistic approach to ensure that pupils leave at the end of Year 6 emotionally healthy and with the skills and clear understanding of how to manage risks and make responsible decisions. PSHE has a proven impact on life chances and it underpins the importance of our ethos to develop responsibility. 

The PSHE curriculum has been shaped to meet the needs of our children. It focuses on lifestyle and covers a wide range of aspects that will help pupils to develop the knowledge and skills they need to be able to manage their lives now and in the future. The children’s personal development is prioritised at Oxley which is why PSHE is a vital part of their preparation for life and to ensure that all children have the attributes they will need to manage the different opportunities, challenges, and responsibilities they will face as they grow up. 

Oxley’s PSHE and RSE curriculum enables children to develop a wide range of views, beliefs, and tolerance of others. We have regular timetabled lessons and opportunities for discussion are built into the school day to enhance understanding. Many PSHE topics are explored through the whole school, key stage, and star of the week assemblies and these regularly link back to our school values of being kind, being brilliant, and having an “I can” attitude. Through our daily mental health check ins that progress from EYFS to year 6, children are encouraged to embrace and take ownership of their feelings as well as become empathetic young people who can recognise feelings in others. Our aim is to create an emotionally literate school where children can explore, express, and develop themselves into young people who know themselves and are ready to venture into secondary education and beyond. We also have worked alongside MHFA England and have a Mental Health First Aider in school, this has also earned the school a Healthy Schools+ award from Leicestershire County Council.

With support from the PSHE coordinator and the headteacher, class teachers at Oxley are responsible for teaching PSHE and RSE. Both of these subjects are monitored and evaluated through pupil interviews and evidence in books. As well as teacher-led planning, we follow certain schemes to ensure that our pupils are receiving the highest quality provision. 

In addition to using the PHSE Association for inspiration and guidance, we also take inspiration from the Islington PSHE scheme ‘You, Me, PSHE’ for the remaining strands in the PSHE curriculum as well as resources from Young Minds and the Anna Freud Foundation.