It comes as the government published the new national curriculum for all subjects, with the exception of English, mathematics and science, ahead of implementation in 2014.
Existing programmes of study have been disapplied as of this term to give schools “greater flexibility to manage the transition from the existing national curriculum to the new one”, the Department for Education said.
A consultation on the future of the national curriculum ended in April this year.
However, among the reaction this week organisations representing PSHE education said that teachers would be left confused by the changes to the subject because of missed opportunities to strengthen safeguarding.
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