Pupil voice

Whole School Resources

At the Castle School, we have invested in physical and electronic resources and training, to ensure our pupils are safe and equipped with the skills and knowledge they need for life.

• We use the Chailey Heritage programme for teaching RSHE to our pupils with more complex needs and use the principles with all our pupils: it forms a crucial part of our curriculum. Teaching staff have received training on how to use the programme. We use anatomically correct dolls and sensory stories, to help our pupils understand their own bodies and their relationships with others. Personal care is very much part of the curriculum, and all staff follow our Personal care and toileting: good practice= safe practice document and ensure that all pupils are able to communicate their needs and know what is happening. We use the Chailey heritage stories so that pupils understand their bodies and changes through puberty. We always use anatomically correct language for body parts, with our pupils, so that they have a clear and safe understanding of their anatomy.
• We have membership to the PSHE association and use their planning across the school. Teachers access their extensive range of resources, (many SEN specific.) Resources are updated and added to, ensuring they are relevant, up to date and meet needs.
• Our National College membership, gives staff and parents up to date internet safety training. Teachers use their lesson plans and resources to deliver relevant, up to date lessons. The National College | CPD for Schools, Trusts, Colleges & Nurseries
• We are a National Online Safety Certified School, and all teachers, TA’S and safeguarding leads, have annual online safety training. Please see the National Online Safety letter on the school website for information about how to obtain a parent login.
• We have an online subscription to Life support productions, which includes plans, resources and videos to teach effective RSE and RSHE for our pupils with moderate learning difficulties. https://lifesupportproductions.co.uk/  We have the following packages: You, your body, growing up relationships and sex: for SEND, The New Guide to relationships and sex: Secondary and The Primary guide to Relationships and sex: Primary
• We have boxes of physical resources for all topic areas in our resources room. Resources are photographed and labelled, so staff can access them when needed.

Early Years (Adventure Pathway) Personal, Social and Emotional Skills Curriculum

Primary PSHE and RHE (Relationships and Heath Education)

At Castle School, we use the PSHE Association planning framework for pupils with SEND, Key stage 1 and 2, to ensure that our pupils in Primary 2 receive a broad balanced curriculum that covers all statutory all areas of the DFE’s statutory guidance for Primary Relationships education 2025. We also go beyond the statutory guidance and cover the ‘Living in the Wider World’ themes from the PSHE association framework, as these are essential for our pupils to thrive. We have updated all the planning this year to include the new elements of the 2025 guidance, which is being taught from September 2026 onwards, at Castle.

N.B Internet Safety and Relationships Health Education are interwoven throughout the topic areas, as well as being taught as discrete lessons.

The PSHE Lead provides planning that covers all statutory and non-statutory areas of PSHE, is based on the PSHE association SEND planning framework, and is differentiated for all Castle Pathways. We trust our teachers to differentiate and personalise this planning, so that it meets all of our learners needs. We ensure that all classes cover all areas of PSHE across the year but allow teachers the flexibility to teach topics at the most appropriate time of year for their pupils.

Self Awareness

1. Things we are good at

 2. Kind and unkind behaviours

3. Playing and working together

4. People who are special to us

 5. Getting on with others

Self-Care, Support and Safety

1.Taking care of ourselves

 2. Keeping safe

3. Trust

4. Keeping safe online

5. Public and Private

Managing Feelings

1. Identifying and expressing feelings

2. Managing strong feelings

3. Difficult feelings/Mental health

Changing and Growing

1. Baby to adult

2. Changes at puberty

3. Dealing with touch

4. Different types of relationship

Heathy lifestyles

1. Healthy Eating

2. Taking care of physical health

3. Keeping well

The World I live in.

1.Respecting differences between people

2. Belonging to a community

 3. Jobs people do

4. Rules and laws

5. Taking care of the environment

6. Money

7. Online habits

Key Stage 3-5 PSHE and RSHE (Relationships, Health and Sex Education.)

At Castle School, we use the PSHE Association planning framework, for pupils with SEND, Key Stage 3-5, to ensure that our pupils, receive a broad balanced curriculum that covers all statutory all areas of the DFE’s statutory guidance for Secondary Relationships Health and Sex education, 2025. We also go beyond the statutory guidance and cover the ‘Living in the Wider World’ themes from the PSHE Association Framework, as these are essential for our pupils to thrive.

N.B Internet Safety and Relationships Health and Sex education are interwoven throughout the topic areas.

The PSHE Lead provides planning that covers all statutory and non-statutory areas of PSHE and is based on the PSHE association SEND planning framework and is differentiated for all Castle Pathways. We trust our teachers to differentiate and personalise this planning, so that it meets all of our learners needs. We ensure that all classes cover all areas of PSHE across the year but allow teachers the flexibility to teach topics at the most appropriate time of year for their pupils.

While not Statutory at KS5, at Castle, we know our KS5 pupils still need a robust PSHE curriculum, complimented by the World of Work programme. The span of 3 Key stages in the planning allows for overlearning, which is important to all our pupils, but also means that KS5 pupils can spend more time on the topics and questions most relevant to their next steps: What we are proud of, What does power mean, How can I manage my feelings towards others, how can I look after my sexual health, What are the laws about drugs and how can I live independently.

All planning has been updated to include the 2025 guidance and will be used from September 2026 onwards.

Self Awareness

1. Personal strengths

2. Skills for learning

3. Prejudice and discrimination

4. Managing pressure

5. Getting help

6. Feeling well and staying well

7. Personal space and unwanted touch

Self-Care, Support and Safety

 1. Feeling well and staying well

 2. person space and unwanted touch

3. Accidents and risk

4. Safe communication online

5. Emergency situations

6. Public and private

7. Gambling

8. Power imbalances.

Managing Feelings

1. Self-esteem and unkind comments

2. Strong feelings

 3. Romantic feelings and sexual attraction

4.Expectations of relationships

5. mental wellbeing

6. mental health concerns

Changing and Growing

1. Puberty

2. Friendship

 3. healthy/ unhealthy relationship behaviours.

4. Intimate relationships, consent and contraception

 5. Long-term relationships and Parenthood

6.Reproductive health.

Heathy lifestyles

1. Elements of a healthy lifestyle

 2. Physical activity

3. Healthy eating

4 Body image

 5. Medicinal drugs

 6. Drugs, alcohol & tobacco

The World I live in

1.Diversity Rights and responsibilities

 2. Managing online information

3. online harms

4 Managing finances

 5. Taking care of the environment

6. Preparing for adulthood and work