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23rd October 2008

NSCoPSE welcomes move to make PSHE a statutory subject

NSCoPSE - The National Association for Personal and Social Education Advisors, Inspectors and Consultants has welcomed today's move by Schools Minister, Jim Knight, to make Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) a statutory subject in the National Curriculum for English schools.

Commenting after today's announcement, Marilyn Tew, Chair of NSCoPSE, said:- 'We welcome the new status of PSHE as an essential and integral part of each school's work in developing successful learners, confident individuals and responsible citizens.

'We anticipate the move will:

- foster more training and support to improve the quality of PSHE teaching;

- encourage school leaders to allocate time and resources for PSHE when planning the

curriculum;

- raise the status of PSHE in Initial Teacher Training;

- improve the opportunities and life chances for young people.

'Our members have been closely involved in the reviews of Sex and Relationships Education and Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco Education, whose recommendations are announced today, and we look forward to making important contributions to the forthcoming consultation on the introduction of PSHE as a new subject.’

Notes to Editors

NSCoPSE- The National PSE Association is the professional organisation for local authority advisers, inspectors and consultants with responsibility for all aspects of personal and social education, including health education and citizenship, in schools and other educational settings. NSCoPSE believes that all pupils are entitled to opportunities for personal and social development, not only through high quality PSHE programmes, but through the curriculum as a whole.

NSCoPSE was formed in 1989 to exert professional pressure to ensure that the new National Curriculum, introduced in 1990, did not neglect this important aspect of education. It made a major contribution to the development of the new frameworks for PSHE published in National Curriculum 2000, and proposed the development of a national strategy for continuing professional development (CPD) to support the implementation of PSHE & citizenship, launched by Minister Jacqui Smith at NSCoPSE’s annual conference. As the voice of local authority advisers, it is involved in all major initiatives in the PSHE/personal development field.

28th August 2008

HPV & Cervical Cancer education materials order NOW

HPV & Cervical Cancer: What you & your pupils need to know a FREE curriculum linked teaching and learning resource from The Royal Society of Health (RSH) is available now to order by emailing hpvinfo@rsph.org or to download at http://www.rsph.org/policy/HPV/HPV%20Cervical%20Cancer.asp

The material aims to support teachers and school nurses in introducing and raising awareness of HPV & cervical cancer within a broader sexual health context and will be of interest to school & practice nurses, PSHE teachers, local health promotion teams, sexual health teams, pharmacists, Healthy Schools coordinators & local school improvement teams. This material is being developed by theRSH under the guidance of an independent steering group with funding from Sanofi Pasteur MSD.

HPV & Cervical Cancer: The Basics leaflet as part of this education programme is also available now to download athttp://www.rsph.org/policy/HPV/HPVdefault.asp

Available online and sent to schools on request for the start of the new academic year, the resource pack includes a comprehensive teachers guide and four complete lesson plans together with supporting source material and IWB Power Point presentations for use in the context of personal, social and health education, sex and relationship education and the science curriculum.

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