Personal Social Health and Relationships Education

Our Intent

At East Herrington Primary Academy, P.H.S.R.E enables pupils to become healthy, safe, respectful, resilient and responsible members of society. Through a sequenced spiral curriculum, pupils build knowledge about relationships, health, safety, law, equality, wellbeing, consent, rights, responsibilities and future readiness. Pupils learn protective behaviours, how to seek help, how to manage emotions and how to recognise safe, respectful and unsafe situations online and offline. PHSRE actively promotes SMSC, British Values, protected characteristics, inclusion, democracy and respect for the diverse society in which pupils live. Our curriculum combines a strong universal entitlement with responsive teaching that reflects safeguarding information, pupil voice, cohort need and emerging local or national risks.

Our Implementation

Core Entitlement

  • Weekly P.H.S.R.E lessons.
  • Pol-Ed as the principal scheme.
  • Four strands taught across school 
  • Clear vocabulary and class floor books.
  • Built-in safeguarding signposting.

Layered Provision

  • No Outsiders half-termly lessons.
  • Weekly No Outsiders assemblies.
  • Kidsafe in Summer term.
  • SUMO concepts throughout the year.
  • Annual events: e.g. democracy, mental health, anti-bullying, online safety and more.

Responsive Practice

  • Additional sessions when specific needs arise.
  • Safeguarding and pastoral themes inform teaching.
  • Adaptations for individuals, groups and cohorts.
  • Parents/carers informed where appropriate.
  • Subject leader monitors coverage, impact and pupil voice.

The Impact

By the end of Year 6 pupils can:

  • explain healthy, respectful relationships and boundaries;
  • recognise unsafe, harmful, coercive or discriminatory behaviours;
  • know how and where to seek help, and keep trying until they are heard;
  • use vocabulary for emotions, mental health, puberty, consent, risk and safety;
  • apply online-safety knowledge to data, deepfakes, grooming, media influence and age restrictions;
  • describe choices that support physical and mental health;
  • understand key aspects of law, rights, responsibilities, British Values and equality;
  • prepare for secondary school and increasing independence.

Files to Download

EYFS PHSRE.pdf Year 1 PHSRE.pdf Year 2 PHSRE.pdf Year 3 PHSRE.pdf Year 4 PHSRE.pdf Year 5 PHSRE.pdf Year 6 PHSRE.pdf