PSHE Association
@pshe-association.bsky.social
The official professional body and charity for PSHE education – the school subject supporting children's safety, health, relationships & careers info@pshe-association.org.uk
We welcome the decision to make Citizenship education compulsory at KS1&2 from 2028 - including emphasis on financial education and media literacy that will complement what’s covered in PSHE/RSHE
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Financial education and media literacy given greater priority at KS1 and 2
Update on the recent Curriculum and Assessment review and the statutory status of financial education and media literacy from 2028.
pshe-association.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
We welcome the decision to make Citizenship education compulsory at KS1&2 from 2028 - including emphasis on financial education and media literacy that will complement what’s covered in PSHE/RSHE
pshe-association.org.uk/news/financi...
pshe-association.org.uk/news/financi...
Schools will have to follow the new statutory RSHE requirements from September 2026, so it's important to use the time to prepare wisely.
Take a look at some of the updated/new tools and guidance you can already access, with much more on the way 👇
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Take a look at some of the updated/new tools and guidance you can already access, with much more on the way 👇
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October 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Schools will have to follow the new statutory RSHE requirements from September 2026, so it's important to use the time to prepare wisely.
Take a look at some of the updated/new tools and guidance you can already access, with much more on the way 👇
hubs.la/Q03NgYHk0
Take a look at some of the updated/new tools and guidance you can already access, with much more on the way 👇
hubs.la/Q03NgYHk0
In our latest frontline interview, we catch up with Heidi Andrews, PSHE lead at Malvern College, about how she ensured a smooth and positive inspection experience after attending our online CPD course.
Listen now 🎧 pshe-association.org.uk/frontline-in...
Listen now 🎧 pshe-association.org.uk/frontline-in...
September 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
In our latest frontline interview, we catch up with Heidi Andrews, PSHE lead at Malvern College, about how she ensured a smooth and positive inspection experience after attending our online CPD course.
Listen now 🎧 pshe-association.org.uk/frontline-in...
Listen now 🎧 pshe-association.org.uk/frontline-in...
Some of the statutory guidance has stayed the same, some points have been amended, and there is some completely new content. Carrying out an audit of your current provision against the new guidance will help you plan for September 2026 👉 pshe-association.org.uk/guidance/ks1...
September 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Some of the statutory guidance has stayed the same, some points have been amended, and there is some completely new content. Carrying out an audit of your current provision against the new guidance will help you plan for September 2026 👉 pshe-association.org.uk/guidance/ks1...
If it’s PSHE education lesson plans you’re after, we’ve got you covered. From working with leading experts, to testing the lesson plans in real classrooms - we don’t put our name to anything that doesn’t meet our rigorous standards 👇
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![Pupil-centred and teacher-friendly design
We work with an expert design agency to ensure our resources are engaging, accessible, and representative of different types of bodies, ethnicities and backgrounds.
We also pilot our materials in real classrooms around the country to get feedback on how they work in practice.
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![What to expect when you open any of our lesson packs:
- Comprehensive teacher guidance
- Interactive, classroom-ready PowerPoints
- PDF versions of the lesson plans
- Accompanying pupil resources
- Optional 'support' and 'challenge' activities to help adapt the learning as required
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September 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
If it’s PSHE education lesson plans you’re after, we’ve got you covered. From working with leading experts, to testing the lesson plans in real classrooms - we don’t put our name to anything that doesn’t meet our rigorous standards 👇
pshe-association.org.uk/what-makes-o...
pshe-association.org.uk/what-makes-o...
Welcome back to all our #PSHEheroes!
We're here to help you back into the saddle and will be supporting your implementation of new 2025 RSHE requirements over the coming year — schools have until September 2026 to update their curriculum, and we've got your back every step of the way.
We're here to help you back into the saddle and will be supporting your implementation of new 2025 RSHE requirements over the coming year — schools have until September 2026 to update their curriculum, and we've got your back every step of the way.
September 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Welcome back to all our #PSHEheroes!
We're here to help you back into the saddle and will be supporting your implementation of new 2025 RSHE requirements over the coming year — schools have until September 2026 to update their curriculum, and we've got your back every step of the way.
We're here to help you back into the saddle and will be supporting your implementation of new 2025 RSHE requirements over the coming year — schools have until September 2026 to update their curriculum, and we've got your back every step of the way.
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Updated RSHE guidance now includes online financial harms – including the impact of gambling on wellbeing, and how gambling-like content can be contained in online games.
Read more: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/687a3d...
#ChildFinancialHarms
Read more: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/687a3d...
#ChildFinancialHarms
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July 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Updated RSHE guidance now includes online financial harms – including the impact of gambling on wellbeing, and how gambling-like content can be contained in online games.
Read more: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/687a3d...
#ChildFinancialHarms
Read more: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/687a3d...
#ChildFinancialHarms
Here's to a well-earned break for our #PSHEheroes! Before you head off, watch our video on what new 2025 RSHE requirements will mean for you:
🌱 New and emerging issues
🛡️ A focus on safe, positive practice
👩🏫 Next steps and how to make the most of next year to prepare
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z1N...
🌱 New and emerging issues
🛡️ A focus on safe, positive practice
👩🏫 Next steps and how to make the most of next year to prepare
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z1N...
RSHE Guidance 2025: What You Need to Know
YouTube video by ThePSHEassociation
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July 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Here's to a well-earned break for our #PSHEheroes! Before you head off, watch our video on what new 2025 RSHE requirements will mean for you:
🌱 New and emerging issues
🛡️ A focus on safe, positive practice
👩🏫 Next steps and how to make the most of next year to prepare
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z1N...
🌱 New and emerging issues
🛡️ A focus on safe, positive practice
👩🏫 Next steps and how to make the most of next year to prepare
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z1N...
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Read our initial response to the new statutory RSHE requirements:
pshe-association.org.uk/news/final-u...
Our CEO Jono said that on balance it "seems a real step forward" with "increased emphasis on safeguarding content that reflects the complexity and reality of the online world"
#PSHE #RSHE
pshe-association.org.uk/news/final-u...
Our CEO Jono said that on balance it "seems a real step forward" with "increased emphasis on safeguarding content that reflects the complexity and reality of the online world"
#PSHE #RSHE
Updated RSHE requirements published – what you need to know
Everything you need to know about the updated statutory RSHE guidance released July 2025, and how the PSHE Association will support its members.
pshe-association.org.uk
July 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Read our initial response to the new statutory RSHE requirements:
pshe-association.org.uk/news/final-u...
Our CEO Jono said that on balance it "seems a real step forward" with "increased emphasis on safeguarding content that reflects the complexity and reality of the online world"
#PSHE #RSHE
pshe-association.org.uk/news/final-u...
Our CEO Jono said that on balance it "seems a real step forward" with "increased emphasis on safeguarding content that reflects the complexity and reality of the online world"
#PSHE #RSHE
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We welcome the new relationships and sex education guidance for schools launched today, which includes a new focus on positive male role models, challenging gender myths and misogyny spread online, and sexual ethics and behaviour in the digital age 🧵
New RSHE guidance to address porn, misogyny and VAWG | End Violence Against Women
The Department for Education (DfE) has today (15th July 2025) published details of its new statutory Relationships, Sex and Health Education guidance for schools. The End Violence Against Women Coalit...
www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk
July 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We welcome the new relationships and sex education guidance for schools launched today, which includes a new focus on positive male role models, challenging gender myths and misogyny spread online, and sexual ethics and behaviour in the digital age 🧵
Read our initial response to the new statutory RSHE requirements:
pshe-association.org.uk/news/final-u...
Our CEO Jono said that on balance it "seems a real step forward" with "increased emphasis on safeguarding content that reflects the complexity and reality of the online world"
#PSHE #RSHE
pshe-association.org.uk/news/final-u...
Our CEO Jono said that on balance it "seems a real step forward" with "increased emphasis on safeguarding content that reflects the complexity and reality of the online world"
#PSHE #RSHE
Updated RSHE requirements published – what you need to know
Everything you need to know about the updated statutory RSHE guidance released July 2025, and how the PSHE Association will support its members.
pshe-association.org.uk
July 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Read our initial response to the new statutory RSHE requirements:
pshe-association.org.uk/news/final-u...
Our CEO Jono said that on balance it "seems a real step forward" with "increased emphasis on safeguarding content that reflects the complexity and reality of the online world"
#PSHE #RSHE
pshe-association.org.uk/news/final-u...
Our CEO Jono said that on balance it "seems a real step forward" with "increased emphasis on safeguarding content that reflects the complexity and reality of the online world"
#PSHE #RSHE
It's being widely reported this morning that DfE will publish the final version of its updated statutory RSHE guidance later today. We'll be back in touch with our initial thoughts later once it's live
pshe-association.org.uk/news/final-u... #RSHE #PSHE
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pshe-association.org.uk/news/final-u... #RSHE #PSHE
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Final, updated RSHE guidance due today – watch this space
New RSHE statutory guidance for 2025
pshe-association.org.uk
July 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
It's being widely reported this morning that DfE will publish the final version of its updated statutory RSHE guidance later today. We'll be back in touch with our initial thoughts later once it's live
pshe-association.org.uk/news/final-u... #RSHE #PSHE
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pshe-association.org.uk/news/final-u... #RSHE #PSHE
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We’re excited to launch updated versions of our dental health lesson plans for KS1-3 🦷
Learning about dental health is an essential part of a well-rounded PSHE education curriculum. Our lessons focus on strategies and behaviours that pupils can implement independently to promote good dental health.
Learning about dental health is an essential part of a well-rounded PSHE education curriculum. Our lessons focus on strategies and behaviours that pupils can implement independently to promote good dental health.
July 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
We’re excited to launch updated versions of our dental health lesson plans for KS1-3 🦷
Learning about dental health is an essential part of a well-rounded PSHE education curriculum. Our lessons focus on strategies and behaviours that pupils can implement independently to promote good dental health.
Learning about dental health is an essential part of a well-rounded PSHE education curriculum. Our lessons focus on strategies and behaviours that pupils can implement independently to promote good dental health.
📢 Calling all secondary teachers!
We're partnering with @england.nhs.uk and @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social on the Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People survey 2025. The first lesson plan, on participating in research, explains the concept of informed consent and how it protects people.
We're partnering with @england.nhs.uk and @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social on the Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People survey 2025. The first lesson plan, on participating in research, explains the concept of informed consent and how it protects people.
SDD Survey | Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England
Smoking, drinking, and drug use among young people in England are key public health concerns.
www.sddsurvey.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
📢 Calling all secondary teachers!
We're partnering with @england.nhs.uk and @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social on the Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People survey 2025. The first lesson plan, on participating in research, explains the concept of informed consent and how it protects people.
We're partnering with @england.nhs.uk and @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social on the Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People survey 2025. The first lesson plan, on participating in research, explains the concept of informed consent and how it protects people.
New! free-to-access #PSHE lesson plans + on-demand training to help protect children from online financial harms, ranging from scams to fraud, exploitation to extortion. Content for primary, secondary, post-16 and pupils with SEND
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pshe-association.org.uk/online-finan...
July 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New! free-to-access #PSHE lesson plans + on-demand training to help protect children from online financial harms, ranging from scams to fraud, exploitation to extortion. Content for primary, secondary, post-16 and pupils with SEND
pshe-association.org.uk/online-finan...
pshe-association.org.uk/online-finan...
Want to get ahead with planning your PSHE provision for primary before September? Join our live online CPD on 8 July for practical tools, guidance and resources designed to help you plan an effective, pupil-centred PSHE curriculum. Book your place 👉 pshe-association.org.uk/training-and...
July 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Want to get ahead with planning your PSHE provision for primary before September? Join our live online CPD on 8 July for practical tools, guidance and resources designed to help you plan an effective, pupil-centred PSHE curriculum. Book your place 👉 pshe-association.org.uk/training-and...
📢 Just launched: free support for schools to protect children suffering the costs of going online. Lesson plans and on-demand training produced as part of the #onlinefinancialharms programme, a Parent Zone led and @nominet.uk funded initiative 👇
pshe-association.org.uk/online-finan...
pshe-association.org.uk/online-finan...
July 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM
📢 Just launched: free support for schools to protect children suffering the costs of going online. Lesson plans and on-demand training produced as part of the #onlinefinancialharms programme, a Parent Zone led and @nominet.uk funded initiative 👇
pshe-association.org.uk/online-finan...
pshe-association.org.uk/online-finan...
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When adverts, news, entertainment, and opinion all appear in one social media feed, how can children distinguish between them?
In partnership with the @pshe-association.bsky.social, we designed and tested school-based lessons to support children to reflect more critically on social media content.
In partnership with the @pshe-association.bsky.social, we designed and tested school-based lessons to support children to reflect more critically on social media content.
We’ve developed a new set of lessons (KS3-4), informed by @revealingreality.bsky.social’s research, to help students explore how social media can influence behaviour, who stands to benefit, and how it can shape someone’s worldview.
Download now 👉 pshe-association.org.uk/resource/und...
Download now 👉 pshe-association.org.uk/resource/und...
Revealing Reality: Under the influence
Produced with Revealing Reality. Help students understand the impact of social media on young people.
pshe-association.org.uk
June 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
When adverts, news, entertainment, and opinion all appear in one social media feed, how can children distinguish between them?
In partnership with the @pshe-association.bsky.social, we designed and tested school-based lessons to support children to reflect more critically on social media content.
In partnership with the @pshe-association.bsky.social, we designed and tested school-based lessons to support children to reflect more critically on social media content.
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When adverts, news, entertainment, and opinion all appear in one social media feed, how can children distinguish between them?
In partnership with the @pshe-association.bsky.social, we designed and tested school-based lessons to support children to reflect more critically on social media content.
In partnership with the @pshe-association.bsky.social, we designed and tested school-based lessons to support children to reflect more critically on social media content.
June 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
When adverts, news, entertainment, and opinion all appear in one social media feed, how can children distinguish between them?
In partnership with the @pshe-association.bsky.social, we designed and tested school-based lessons to support children to reflect more critically on social media content.
In partnership with the @pshe-association.bsky.social, we designed and tested school-based lessons to support children to reflect more critically on social media content.
We’ve developed a new set of lessons (KS3-4), informed by @revealingreality.bsky.social’s research, to help students explore how social media can influence behaviour, who stands to benefit, and how it can shape someone’s worldview.
Download now 👉 pshe-association.org.uk/resource/und...
Download now 👉 pshe-association.org.uk/resource/und...
Revealing Reality: Under the influence
Produced with Revealing Reality. Help students understand the impact of social media on young people.
pshe-association.org.uk
June 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
We’ve developed a new set of lessons (KS3-4), informed by @revealingreality.bsky.social’s research, to help students explore how social media can influence behaviour, who stands to benefit, and how it can shape someone’s worldview.
Download now 👉 pshe-association.org.uk/resource/und...
Download now 👉 pshe-association.org.uk/resource/und...
Next week is your last chance to join us at one of our face-to-face PSHE seminars! We've been all over England so far meeting our members, talking all things PSHE education and hearing your insights.
June 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Next week is your last chance to join us at one of our face-to-face PSHE seminars! We've been all over England so far meeting our members, talking all things PSHE education and hearing your insights.
Support pupils to understand and manage a range of life changes, including bereavement, with our ‘Change, loss and grief’ PSHE education lessons materials and teacher guidance for KS1-4 pshe-association.org.uk/resource/cha...
Change, loss and grief
Support pupils to manage a range of life changes, including bereavement.
pshe-association.org.uk
June 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Support pupils to understand and manage a range of life changes, including bereavement, with our ‘Change, loss and grief’ PSHE education lessons materials and teacher guidance for KS1-4 pshe-association.org.uk/resource/cha...
Advice on water safety from DfE to mark Water Safety Week, incl. how schools can address through #PSHE using resources we produced with the Canal & River Trust educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/drow...
Resources available to download free here: pshe-association.org.uk/resource/wat...
Resources available to download free here: pshe-association.org.uk/resource/wat...
June 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Advice on water safety from DfE to mark Water Safety Week, incl. how schools can address through #PSHE using resources we produced with the Canal & River Trust educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/drow...
Resources available to download free here: pshe-association.org.uk/resource/wat...
Resources available to download free here: pshe-association.org.uk/resource/wat...
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We’ve worked with NSPCC on preventing gender-based violence — a new lesson which you can access as part of the Talk Relationships lesson pack. The lesson will support young people to identify and challenge attitudes that might lead to gender-based violence 👉 pshe-association.org.uk/resource/nsp...
NSPCC: Talk Relationships
pshe-association.org.uk
June 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
We’ve worked with NSPCC on preventing gender-based violence — a new lesson which you can access as part of the Talk Relationships lesson pack. The lesson will support young people to identify and challenge attitudes that might lead to gender-based violence 👉 pshe-association.org.uk/resource/nsp...
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Foundations for Wellbeing is our complete, evidence-based curriculum for teaching mental health in primary schools. Research shows that the approaches it takes are significantly more effective than mindfulness-based alternatives at reducing symptoms of anxiety pshe-association.org.uk/news/the-val...
June 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Foundations for Wellbeing is our complete, evidence-based curriculum for teaching mental health in primary schools. Research shows that the approaches it takes are significantly more effective than mindfulness-based alternatives at reducing symptoms of anxiety pshe-association.org.uk/news/the-val...