By the end of Year 10 students will have: 

• Understanding of the difference between identity and sexuality.
• An awareness of the impact of watching pornography on relationships.
• Knowledge of STIs, how to prevent them and treat them.
• An understanding of long term health conditions caused by drugs.
• Knowledge of when/how to seek support for self-harm, eating disorders and feelings of suicide.
• An awareness of what it is like to be British and religious.
• Knowledge of saving money and pensions.
• Knowledge of youth crime and consequences.
• Writing a CV

By the end of Year 11 students will have:

• An understanding of what constitutes coercive control.
• Knowledge of the responsibilities of a parent.
• An understanding of the consequences of illegal sexual and relationship practices such as FGM and forced marriage.
• Knowledge of different types of cancers and how to screen/check for them.
• An understanding of environmental issues and what can be done to limit the changes.
• Knowledge of student loans and managing debt.
• Applications to post-16 courses.
• Completing mock interviews.

Delivered as:  Topic 1

Rationale: 

• - Encourage pupil understanding and acceptance of LGBTQ+ relationships. Signpost support.
• - Provide pupils with an awareness of all the issues raised by gender identity.
• - Provide pupils with specific examples of how to demonstrate positive behaviours within a relationship.
• - Knowledge about the risks of forming and conducting online relationships.
• - Knowledge of how to manage the impact of pornography on sexual attitudes, expectations and behaviours.
• - Provide pupils with up to date information on STIs and how and where to get tested/treated.

Core concepts:

• Lesbian
• Bisexual
• Transgender
• Transsexual
• Queer
• Asexual
• Ally
• Questioning
• Intersex
• Non-binary
• Chlamydia
• Gonorrhea
• HIV AIDs

Delivered as:  Topic 2

Rationale:

• - Enabling pupils to understand ethical and legal implications of manipulation, coercion and capacity to consent.
• - Provide knowledge of how to access support in relation to honour based violence, FGM and forced marriage.
• - Provide an understanding of the role of pleasure in relationships and enable pupils to assertively communicate their own wants and needs.

Core concepts:

• Coercive control
• Manipulation
• Domestic abuse
• Honour based violence
• Forced marriage

Delivered as:  Topics 4 and 6

Rationale:

• Provide an understanding of the long term health conditions when regularly using drugs.
• Encourage pupils to balance work, leisure, exercise and sleep.
• Enable pupils to recognise specific unhealthy behaviours relating to mental and physical health.
• Signpost support in and out of school for more serious mental health issues.

Core concepts:

• Cancer
• Heart disease
• Cholesterol
• Cirrhosis
• Self-harm
• Anorexia
• Bulimia
• Suicide

Delivered as:  Topic 3

Rationale:

• Provide strategies on how to cope with added stress brought on by exams.
• Refresh pupils’ knowledge of lifesaving skills.
• Raise awareness of the lifestyle factors that can impact on particular cancers.
• Provide information on how pupils can access doctors, sexual health clinics, opticians and other health services.

Core concepts:

• Mindfulness
• CPR/AED
• Cancer screening
• Genitourinary clinic

Delivered as:  Topics 5 and 7

Rationale:

• Fulfil the statutory requirement to teach religious education at KS4.
• *Knowledge and understanding about communities, inclusion, respect and belonging.
• *Enable pupils to safely challenge discrimination, extremism and radicalisation.
• Support pupils in managing peer influence in increasingly independent scenarios in relation to substances, gangs and crime.
• Provide an understanding about the relationship between gambling and debt.

*These lessons link directly to the teaching of British values

Core concepts:

• Tolerance
• Community cohesion
• Inclusion
• Pension
• Premium bond
• Youth offender
• Magistrate
• Crown court
• Antisocial behaviour

Delivered as:  Topics 4 and 5

Rationale:

• Fulfil the statutory requirement to teach religious education at KS4.
• *Enable pupils to reflect on the origins of the world and their place within it.
• Provide knowledge about the main environmental issues that are affecting the planet.
• Encourage pupils to reflect on how they can make a difference in the world.
• Provide pupils with an understanding of the rights, responsibilities and challenges of independent living.

*This lesson links directly to the teaching of British values

Core concepts:

• Genesis
• Humanism
• The Big Bang
• Evolution
• Global warming
• Deforestation
• Student loans

Delivered as:  Topic 2

Rationale:

• Provide an understanding of the rights and responsibilities in the work place.
• Enable pupils to write their first CV.
• Guide and support them in applying for work experience, and later build on their learning from that experience.
• Enable pupils to develop strategies to overcome challenges and adversities.

Core concepts:

• Literacy
• Numeracy
• Reliability
• Punctuality
• Gross pay
• Net pay
• Minimum wage
• Living wage

Delivered as:  Topic 1

Rationale:

• Provide pupils with knowledge of post 16 options and career pathways.
• Give pupils access to support when making those Post 16 decisions.
• Encourage pupils to set SMART targets.
• Provide pupils with the knowledge about application processes and interview techniques.

Core concepts:

• Further education
• Higher education
• University
• A levels
• T levels