Curriculum
Intent
The aims of our Personal Development curriculum are:
- to enable our students develop the knowledge, understanding, attributes, attitudes and skills required to keep themselves safe, healthy, happy and well;
- to develop healthy, nurturing relationships;
- to manage the opportunities and challenges they face now and in the future;
- to become active and valuable members of an ever-changing, diverse society.
We want our students to grow into young adults who can think independently and critically, as well as to have the knowledge to make informed choices about their physical, mental, sexual, emotional and economic wellbeing.
In order to achieve full compliance with the most recent government guidance for Relationships, Sex and Health Education, we have overhauled our PD curriculum as of September 2026.
By partnering with Wellio – a platform with up-to-date resources, designed by experienced PD teachers – we have been able to update our whole curriculum programme from Year 7 to Year 13.
Implementation
The new programme is grouped around three distinct themes:
1. Relationships (including Sex Education)
2. Living in the Wider World
3. Health and Wellbeing
Students cycle through these themes during the course of each academic year. As they progress through the school they revisit topics, building on their learning and developing their ideas in line with their growing maturity and life experience.
In PD we have high expectations and take care to place an emphasis on active learning. Students are given opportunities to consider and clarify their values and beliefs, as well as to practise and develop enquiry and interpersonal skills.
Personal Development is delivered via the tutor programme in Years 7-13. Alongside these tutor time sessions, students in Years 7, 8 and 10 receive an additional one-hour session every fortnight, allowing them to explore content in greater depth. Students in Year 9 receive two hours per fortnight.
PD is overseen by our Personal Development Curriculum Lead, Neil Gatland, who also has oversight of the schemes of work and lesson resources.
Right to Withdraw
Teaching Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education is a statutory requirement and we adhere to the guidance from the Department for Education.
Parents have the right to withdraw their children from the non-statutory components of RSE; further information can be found here.
We write annually to parents, at the start of the academic year, to remind them that they possess this right.
Additional Resources
The Student Health Guide can be accessed by clicking here. This annual magazine, suitable for ages 14 to 18, is an excellent publication that caters for all areas of student life, with an emphasis on health and wellbeing.
In School there are other books kept in our ‘Pastoral Library’, found in Mrs Ford’s office, that are suitable for a range of ages.
Curriculum Maps
Full details of our PD curriculum are available to parents on request, and will be published on this page during the course of the Autumn 2026.
Further Helpful Links
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Online support and access to accredited counsellors |
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Practical and emotional support to those experiencing poverty and disadvantage |
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Support for victims of domestic abuse |
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Road safety |
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Advice and support about bullying |
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Child Exploitation and Online Protection – report concerns about online communication |
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Advice and support about bullying |
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How to keep children safe online |
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https://lincolnshiresexualhealth.nhs.uk/young-person-clinics |
Advice and information about sexual health services in Lincolnshire |
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Sexual health advice and information |