A few years into my teaching career, I was appointed head of PSHE in a large comprehensive school. I knew even before I was interviewed that I’d get the job. It wasn’t arrogance, I was the only candidate. In the staffroom, we didn’t call it PSHE, we called it The Poisoned Chalice.
Very few teachers enjoyed teaching PSHE. It was a black hole in the middle of our timetables, an hour “wasted”. PSHE fell immediately after morning break and, after the bell tolled, it took far longer for the staffroom to empty than on any other day of the working week.
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