Recognition of PSHE education’s potential to improve children and young people’s safety, health and life-chances appears to be on the increase, yet a few misunderstandings about the subject remain.
With schools preparing for relationships and sex education (RSE) – and hopefully all of PSHE education – to become statutory in all schools from September next year (School leaders call for PSHE to be given statutory status alongside RSE, SecEd, November 2017: http://bit.ly/2qqma2m), we wanted to debunk some of the most common myths about the subject.
PSHE education is a “nice-to-have” but must make way for academic subjects
It’s not a question of either/or when it comes to PSHE and academic subjects. Research shows that PSHE supports pupils to achieve, by both helping to remove barriers to learning (for example anxiety, bullying or concerns about social media) and by fostering skills and attributes such as resilience that help pupils achieve (Pro Bono Economics, 2017).
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