Regional seminars 2025 – highlights & round-up

This summer marked our third annual series of face-to-face PSHE education seminars, held in eight locations across England. Each year, these events bring together subject leads, teachers, local authority representatives and public health teams to discuss key PSHE issues at a local level.

Across June and July, we welcomed over 200 members to our 2025 seminar programme — highlighting how valuable it is to connect in-person with other PSHE professionals, both locally and nationally.

These events are so well run and provide the most up-to-date information and guidance. The networking opportunities are great and the workshops are always so relevant to the current issues and concerns we face in school.
— South East delegate, 2025 (Ashford)

I'd absolutely recommend these seminars to colleagues. PSHE is the most important subject for our pupils and this was a great chance to learn from experts and keep my knowledge base updated!
— North West delegate, 2025 (Manchester)

Jonathan Baggaley, Chief Executive of PSHE Association, delivering keynote at Yorkshire and the Humber regional seminar 2025 (Leeds)

Our 2025 locations and agenda

This year’s events took place in Leeds (Yorkshire and the Humber), London, Bristol (South West), Birmingham (East & West Midlands), Manchester (North West), Ashford (South East), Cambridge (East of England), and Newcastle (North East).

Each seminar featured:

• Two practical workshops on key PSHE issues — double our offering compared to previous years.
• A keynote from us on the current PSHE/RSHE policy landscape, including expectations around the publication of the new RSHE statutory guidance (since published on 15 July 2025 — read “RSHE guidance 2025: What you need to know”)
• Quickfire talks from local speakers on recent PSHE/RSHE initiatives
• Opportunities to connect and share best practice with other PSHE colleagues in your region.

Practical workshops on emerging PSHE challenges

In response to feedback from previous seminars, this time around every delegate had the chance to attend both workshops, led by our team of national subject experts:

• “Challenging misogynistic narratives through PSHE/RSHE” — focused on tackling harmful online influences, including misogynistic content, the “manosphere”, and pornography, and strategies for countering these narratives through emphasising respectful relationships within the classroom.
• “Making AI work for you (and why teachers are always the best technology)” —focused on practical examples of how AI might support anyone planning, delivering or overseeing PSHE, and advice on what to avoid, including an exploration of AI’s limitations and risks.

Both workshops closely aligned with new teaching content found in the 2025 RSHE statutory guidance, including several references to “AI literacy” and “deep fake images”, as well as a greater focus on tackling misogyny, incel culture and the harmful nature of pornography.  Delegates had exclusive early access to our new Teacher guide: Online misogyny and the manosphere, now available to download for all members.

Reflections from North East delegate, 2025 (Newcastle)

Insights from local PSHE experts

At each event, delegates heard quickfire presentations from local speakers on a range of PSHE/RSHE case studies and success stories.

Topics included: using local health data trends to identify emerging priorities for children and young people’s wellbeing; incorporating pupil and student voice into a whole-school approach; and adapting PSHE for pupils with SEND.

These speaker sessions highlighted the diversity of local approaches, and the importance of building a PSHE curriculum around the needs of specific school communities.

Our regional Subject Specialists also attended the event for their area — ensuring they were on hand to meet, chat with and offer real-time advice to delegates while also enhancing their understanding of local support and guidance needs.

Learn more about the role of our regional coordinators and how they can support you.

Guest speaker session from Sofie Wheeldon, Manager & Safeguarding Lead for Children, Medway Council at South East seminar 2025 (Ashford)

“A reminder of why what we do is so important”: Thoughts from delegates

One of the most impactful aspects of this year’s seminars was the sense of connection, reassurance, and shared purpose among delegates. Colleagues from a wide range of settings, phases, and varying levels of experience in PSHE/RSHE spoke about how valuable it was to step away from their day-to-day role and feel part of a wider community:

“Love the networking and human touch. This has made me feel less alone dealing with PSHE provision.”
— North West delegate, 2025 (Manchester)

Others highlighted the warm, supportive atmosphere, and how refreshing it was to engage in face-to-face conversations with colleagues who “get it”:

“Everyone was really friendly. The speakers pitched their presentations at the right level, with a good balance of interactive activities & information. I’ve gained lots of ideas just from chatting to other teachers.”
— East of England delegate, 2025 (Cambridge)

These comments highlight the wider purpose of our face-to-face seminars: not only to share important policy updates and guidance, but to create grassroots connections between our members as well as a collective national commitment to improving PSHE education for all children and young people.

Looking ahead

While our face-to-face seminars have now concluded for the summer, our support continues into and throughout the new academic year, especially as schools prepare to implement the updated RSHE statutory requirements in time for September 2026.

We’re here to guide you step-by-step, with training, resources, and practical tools designed to help you embed the new guidance into your provision with confidence. This includes:

• Ongoing live CPD training ( online and face-to-face), including a course to help you get to grips with and successfully implement the new statutory RSHE requirements. See all upcoming training dates here.
• Updated lesson plans, audit tools, and curriculum guidance, all carefully aligned with statutory changes.
• Practical, accessible support to help you update your RSHE policy and navigate discussions with pupils and parents.

Can't wait until our next series of regional seminars?

Register your interest early for summer 2026 here, and we will be in touch as soon as bookings open (around April 2026) so that you can secure a priority place.