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Links to national guidelines

The curriculum areas that contribute to the personal and social development curriculum at key stage 4 are all supported by national guidance to help schools implement the requirements. This section identifies the main documents, the majority of which are available online.

In addition, the National Healthy School Standard (NHSS) recommends a whole-school approach to promoting pupils’ personal and social development including health and wellbeing, supporting the effective implementation of: PSHE; citizenship; sex and relationship education; drugs, alcohol and tobacco education; physical activity; safety; emotional health and wellbeing; and healthy eating. For more information, visit Wired for Health.

Citizenship

Guidance:

1. Schemes of work for key stages 3 and 4, including teacher’s guides (key stage 4 guidance to be used in conjunction with key stage 3 guidance).
2. QCA citizenship & PSHE update
3. DfES citizenship website
4. Managing and teaching citizenship through the National Healthy School Standard DfES 2003
5. National curriculum online: citizenship

PSHE

Guidance:

1. PSHE at key stages 3 and 4 - Initial guidance for schools, QCA/00/580
2. QCA citizenship & PSHE update
3. DfES PSHE website
4. National curriculum online: PSHE
5. PASSPORT - A framework for personal and social development (with learning outcomes), Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 2000

Religious education

Guidance:

1. QCA non-statutory framework and guidelines for religious education (currently for consultation) 
2. National curriculum on-line: religious education
3. Specification information from examination boards

Sex and relationship education

Guidance:

1. Sex and Relationship Education Guidance, DfEE 0116/2000
2. Ofsted Report on Sex and Relationship Education in Schools, May 2002
3. The National Healthy School Standard: sex and relationship education

Careers education

Guidance:

1. Careers Education and Guidance in England - A National Framework 11-19
2. Website of the national support programme for careers education at CEGNET
3. The National Healthy School Standard: forming links with careers education and guidance  
4. The National Healthy School Standard: managing links with careers education and guidance
5. Careers Education in the New Curriculum: its relationship to PSHE and citizenship at key stages 3 and 4, DfEE 2000

Work-related learning

Guidance:

1. Work-related learning for all at key stage 4 (guidance for implementing the statutory requirement )
2. National curriculum online: learning across the curriculum - work-related learning.

Drugs, alcohol and tobacco

Guidance:

1. Drug Alcohol and Tobacco education - curriculum guidance for schools at key stages 1-4, QCA 2003 including:
   • non-statutory framework key stages 1-4, which includes statutory requirements in science and opportunities within the programme of study for citizenship and PSHE framework at key stages 3 and 4, including learning outcomes
   • exemplar units of work linked to the PSHE framework and programmes of study for citizenship and science.
2. Drugs: Guidance for schools (draft) 2000. (Replacing Drug Prevention and Schools - DfES Circular 4/95 and Protecting young people: Good practice in drug education in schools and the youth service 1998). Available at www.dfes.gov.uk/consultations
3. The National Healthy School Standard: drug education (including alcohol & tobacco)

Physical education

Guidance:

1. QCA PESS (physical education and school sport) website.  Increasing emphasis on fitness, health and wellbeing in key stage 4, including pupil learning outcomes
2. National curriculum online: PE
3. The National Healthy School Standard: physical activity

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