PSHE & RSE

PSHE (Personal, Social, Health, and Economic) education is designed to help students develop the knowledge, skills, and understanding needed to navigate life effectively. The intent of PSHE is to support students in becoming healthy, independent, and responsible members of society. A key part of this is embedding fundamental British values—democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs—into students’ learning experiences.

Key Intentions of PSHE:

1. Personal Well-being – Promoting mental and physical health, self-confidence, and resilience.
2. Social Development – Encouraging respectful relationships, empathy, and teamwork.
3. Health Education – Teaching students about healthy lifestyles, relationships, and personal safety.
4. Economic Awareness – Equipping students with financial literacy and career-related skills.
5. Citizenship & Responsibility – Helping students understand their role in society, including rights, laws, diversity, and British Values.

It aims to prepare young people for real-world challenges and empower them to make informed decisions about their well-being, relationships, and future careers.

We want our students to develop into rounded young adults who understand their character and play active roles in their communities while upholding British values in their interactions and contributions to society.

The PSHE curriculum has been thoughtfully created to incorporate our Oasis Ethos, Oasis 9 Habits and Character Curriculum to ensure students flourish in a safe school environment. It is planned to ensure that content is taught in a developmentally appropriate order. We have met the statutory guidance for RSE and Citizenship as well as providing opportunities for use of the local PHE data to meet the needs of our students. The combination enables students to develop socially, emotionally, culturally, physically, spiritually and eventually having fulfilling lives.

The PSHE curriculum is delivered by form tutors for one hour every week. This is so students are having this content delivered by a trusted adult who understands them, making them feel more comfortable. At the start of every half term, students are taught a contextual safeguarding session which is planned based on feedback from the safeguarding team about concerns in the school and wider community.

Students will know more about themselves and others; becoming socially literate and emotionally aware and understanding how they are developing, who they are becoming and how to fulfil their potential.  With this clear sense of identity, students will understand their place in society and how to achieve their future life ambitions.  

Students will then become confident, articulate citizens who are able to effectively debate moral, social, cultural and political issues. We also focus on the fundamental British Values that underpin many other curriculum areas. Crucially, students have a keen awareness of the socio-political landscape and the beauty of diversity and challenge themselves and others to be anti-discriminatory and to be inclusive of all.

Character: Engaging all students to express feelings and thoughts around themselves, who they are becoming and why this is important for their wellbeing and development in modern Britain. Students will have many opportunities to learn and discuss knowledge and skills that will support them to have fulfilled lives.

Competence: Students will be empowered with knowledge about the community, wider Britain and their own life choices to be able to make informed decisions and be able to make a fulfilling life pathway.

Community: Students will discuss and understand their own place within the local, national and global community with particular focus on the Oasis family; understanding the importance of diversity and inclusivity and the rich tapestry that is created through interconnected communities.