Writing your PSHE education policy

Statement of intent

A PSHE education policy is your opportunity to set out your agreed approach to PSHE in the curriculum — guiding practice, offering a clear framework for teaching and a ‘toolkit’ for future decision-making.

Our guidance document, updated to reflect the 2025 statutory RSHE requirements, will help you to develop a bespoke policy for your school. 

Your policy should inform and reflect practice by outlining the content covered and methodology used to enable learning in PSHE.

Remember, the PSHE policy will be used by teachers, parents and other professionals so use our guidance and make it count!

As with our RSE policy writing guide, the framework section includes prompts for writing or reviewing your policy, with guidance/key questions and possible sentence starters for:

• PSHE education leadership
  • Definition, aims and rationale
  • Roles, responsibilities and staff training
  • Engaging parents and other stakeholders
  • Policy links and review date
• PSHE education curriculum design
  • Curriculum planning
  • Timetabling
  • Assessment and evaluation
• PSHE education teaching and learning
  • Teaching and learning
  • Establishing a safe learning environment
  • Responding to questions and disclosures
  • Assessment

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