Personal Development and Character Education

Personal Development Spiral Curriculum Overview:

Theme	Year 7 Foundation	Year 8 Development	Year 9 Application	Year 10 Adult Application
Healthy relationships	Friendship; respect	Romantic relationships; conflict	Compatibility; power	Adult relationships
Boundaries & consent	Boundaries; autonomy	Consent; pressure	Coercion; complex scenarios	Capacity; law; ethics
Online safety	Privacy; digital footprint	Manipulation; image pressure	Deepfakes; sextortion; AI	Adult digital reputation; exploitation
Pornography	Online sexual content awareness	Unrealistic expectations	Sexual scripts; misogyny	Relationships; ethics; expectations
Mental health	Emotions; stress; sleep	Anxiety; coping	Resilience; stigma; pressure	Adult wellbeing; transition
Sexual health	Puberty; reproduction	Contraception; STIs	Fertility; pregnancy; testing	PrEP/PEP; services
Equality	Difference; stereotypes	Sexism; racism; LGBT+ respect	Misogyny; hate crime; equality law	Gender-based violence; rights
Citizenship	Belonging; upstanding	Active citizenship	Rights and law	Adult responsibilities
Finance	Money; needs/want	Banking; saving; scams	Budgeting; credit/debt	Adult finance; payslips
Careers	Strengths; aspirations	Skills; labour market	Post-16 pathways	Applications; adult independence

Term	Topic	Year group	Method
Autumn	Safety Day	All	Drop Down/Assembly/Form Time/Class Activities
Spring	QMUL SPITE Project	10	Drop Down Session in PD Lessons
Autumn	Wize Up Financial Services	12/13	Drop Down
Autumn	Knife Crime Met Police	10	Drop Down
Autumn	Social Media Safety Met Police	7/8	Drop Down
Autumn	Safety on Public Transport TFL	9	Drop Down
Autumn	Contraception BeWize	11/12/13	Drop Down
Whole Year	Individual Careers Advice and Action Plans	10/11/12	Individual and Group sessions
Summer	Careers Fair	10/12	Drop Down
Whole Year	Prefects Lead Initiatives	10	Meetings/Celebration Events/Open Evening ad Hoc Events
Whole Year	Fusion Drug and Substance Support	12/13	Drop-ins
Whole Year	BeWize Safe Sex and Relationship Advice	12/13	Drop-ins
Whole Year	Tutor Time calendar	All	Tutor Time/Assemblies
Whole Year	Pupil Council	All	Meetings, Ad Hoc Sessions, Open Events, Assemblies, Tutor time
Whole Year	Industry Insight Careers Sessions	All	Drop Down per half-term
Spring	University Life Cooking Session	12/13	Practical Lessons
Summer	Work Experience	12	Face to face external
Spring	Careers Week	All	Form time activities and assemblies

Sex Education at Wanstead High School falls within the Statutory RSE curriculum and guidance. We teach content outside the Science National Curriculum including: intimate and sexual relationships, sexual health including STI’s, consent, strategies for delaying sexual activity, contraception choices, pregnancy choices, facts about pregnancy including miscarriage, the influence of alcohol/drugs, ethical and moral decision-making, managing peer pressure and accessing sexual health services. Sex education, along with Relationship and Health education, is statutory within secondary schools and must be taught. This is taught across a variety of year groups.
Families are always written to before Sex Education lessons, drop-down sessions or series of lessons take place. Families have the right to withdraw their children from Sex Education and are notified how to do this within this written communication.
Pupils have the right to opt in for Sex Education from three terms before they turn 16, and we will make appropriate arrangements to provide the student with sex education during one of those terms.