PSHE Statement of Intent

At The Three Schools, our RSE & PSHE eductation helps pupils maintain their mental and physical health and understand the various factors that influence their wellbeing. They learn how to build strong and supportive relationships, how to keep themselves safe in various situations and how to make thoughtful decisions about money, health and the online world.

Pupils may receive mixed messages about these topics from friends, siblings, social media and the wider world. High-quality RSE & PSHE ensures every child receives clear, accurate and age-appropriate teaching so they can make safe and informed choices as they grow.

The planning and delivery of PSHE at The Three Schools are organised into strands and key areas to ensure a broad and balanced curriculum. Key areas group learning into meaningful themes and ensure that all statutory content is covered. The strands weave throughout all units, demonstrating how pupils develop lifelong skills in managing themselves, regulating their emotions, building positive relationships and thinking critically. Together, the strands and key areas help pupils revisit important ideas over time, building their confidence and understanding in a structured way.

Implementation

At The Three Schools we use the KAPOW RSE & PSHE Curriculum. Learning develops across each phase, both within the key areas and across the strands. It demonstrates how pupils build the knowledge, understanding and skills required to meet the statutory outcomes by the end of EYFS and the end of primary school.

Learning builds progressively across the key areas of My healthy self, Connecting with others, The online world, Staying safe, Health protection, Citizenship and Growing up, with optional units on Sex education and First aid in Year 6. Within these key areas, pupils revisit important knowledge and concepts with increasing depth and maturity.

Alongside this, the strands of self-regulation, managing self, building relationships and critical thinking show how pupils’ personal and social skills develop from Reception to Year 6, supporting them to make thoughtful, informed choices and to thrive in school and beyond.

Our RSE & PSHE Curriculum gives pupils regular opportunities to explore different perspectives, reflect on ethical and emotional issues and think about what is right and fair. Pupils collaborate with others, build positive relationships and learn to value and respect people from different backgrounds, families and cultures.

The scheme promotes and explicitly teaches the British values of: Individual liberty, Mutual respect, Democracy, The rule of law and Tolerance of those with different faiths or beliefs. Kapow Primary’s RSE & PSHE scheme has been designed to reflect the diversity of modern society, ensuring all pupils feel respected and represented. Lessons include scenarios featuring a wide range of characters and perspectives, allowing pupils to encounter different cultures, family structures, household situations, neurotypes and economic backgrounds.

Lessons across the RSE & PSHE scheme follow a consistent structure, which is also used across all PSHE units and year groups. This is a deliberate design choice to reduce cognitive overload for both pupils and teachers.

Impact 

At The Three Schools, pupil outcomes in RSE and PSHE go beyond pupils being able to recall key knowledge or demonstrate specific skills in the classroom. The curriculum is designed to support pupils’ confidence, wellbeing and the way they interact with others in everyday situations.

These aspects of learning develop gradually over time and is taught consistently as part of a well-sequenced curriculum, which will positively impact and change pupils’ attitudes, choices and behaviour across school life.

Pupil’s progress in RSE and PSHE will be evident through pupil talk, class discussions, role play and the way pupils apply learning in everyday situations across school life. This may include how pupils communicate with others, manage emotions, resolve conflict or make safer choices.

Our RSE & PSHE scheme supports whole-school development by providing a clear, consistent and well-sequenced approach to a subject that is central to safeguarding and personal development.

Please click on the link to access the PSHE and RSE Parent Zone to learn about the new RSE statutory guidance for September 2026 and the Kapow Primary PSHE and RSE Curriculum;  

https://www.kapowprimary.com/subjects/rse-pshe/curriculum/rse-pshe-parent-information/