Current News

NICE have produced PUBLIC HEALTH DRAFT GUIDANCE for School, college and community-based personal, social, health and economic education focusing on sex and relationships and alcohol education to which NSCoPSE have responded.  Final guidance is due in Autumn 2010.

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OFSTED have produced "Generic grade descriptors and draft supplementary subject-specific guidance for inspectors on making judgements during subject survey visits to schools" including draft guidance on the Inspection of PSHE.  NSCoPSE's response is avalable.

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The PSHE Association have produced “A briefing for members about
PSHE education and statutory status”  and 'A briefing for Head Teachers and Governors about PSHE education and statutory status' as the ‘wash-up’ negotiations between the government and opposition parties on the Children, Schools and Families Bill resulted in the removal of the clauses to introduce PSHE education as a statutory subject in the national curriculum at primary and secondary level. These negations also removed the clause that would have made statutory the new primary curriculum.

The Assn have also produced “A summary of government guidance related to PSHE education” which provides a summary of the existing range of government guidance related to PSHE education to help practitioners identify and make use of the comprehensive guidance resources available to them to support effective planning and delivery of PSHE education.

As new guidance resources become available this summary guidance document will be updated.

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The DCSF have invited consultation on the draft Drugs Education Guidance, see NSCoPSE's Response - February 2009

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NSCoPSE welcomes the announcement to make PSHE a statutory subject on November 5th 2009.  Click here to read our press release.

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Our 20th Annual conference (October 2009) was a great success - see the 'dowloads' page for presentations etc

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