Intent
At Baines our PSHE curriculum challenges pupils to become creative, successful and happy individuals. By focusing on three key strands, which include ‘Health and Well-Being’, ‘Living in the Wider world’ and ‘Relationships’, we aim to equip students with the skills and knowledge they will need to face current and topical issues and that will allow them to respond with resilience to future change and challenge in their personal lives and the wider world.
PSHE at Baines is the subject which prepares our students for life and work in this changing world; helping to keep them safe, healthy and boosting their life chances. Through PSHE we want our students to protect themselves and others both online and offline, improve their physical and emotional health, develop character, resilience, academic attainment and employment prospects. PSHE at Baines is delivered in regular timetabled lessons as a whole subject – from relationships & sex education to mental health, online safety to employability skills. PSHE at Baines supports our students to address the changes they are experiencing, beginning with transition to secondary school, the challenges of adolescence and their increasing independence. It also helps develop skills which will equip them for the opportunities and challenges of life as well as managing diverse relationships and the increasing influence of peers and the media.
Learning Journey
Names of staff, role & contact details
Mr K Egan
Careers Leader/Subject Leader of PSHE
keg@baines.lancs.sch.uk
Ms S Wild
Assistant Headteacher/Subject Leader of Religion, Ethics, Philosophy & PSHE
swd@baines.lancs.sch.uk
Letters
Curriculum
How and when is my child assessed?
The PHSE Department do not carry out formal assessment as this would be inappropriate due the nature of the topics and skills studied. We give feedback on work completed in books to ensure high levels of engagement and that understanding is taking place.
Resources
Unifrog is a platform and community that supports schools and colleges in delivering outstanding careers guidance to students aged 4 to 18.
Unifrog provide impartial and up-to-date information on the full range of post-16 and post-18 options, all in one place. Students can compare every undergraduate course in the UK as well as 170,000 courses taught in English around the world. Additionally, Unifrog provides students with access to the most comprehensive database of apprenticeships across the country at all qualification levels, including Higher, SLP, and degree apprenticeships, as well as FE courses.
Visit their website www.unifrog.org to learn more about Unifrog.
Once students have explored their interests and compared the full range of pathways available to them, Unifrog provides the writing tools and guidance to help them draft applications including CVs and personal statements.
This is an excellent guide for parents about the value and importance of PSHE – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-sex-and-health-education-guides-for-schools
Last updated September 2026
