Personal, social, health and economic education has been developed
to enable schools to support the personal development of their
students within the context of the changing national curriculum
from 2008 onwards. Previous versions of the national curriculum
included a non-statutory framework for personal, social and
health education (PSHE). The introduction of the ‘Every
Child Matters’ Agenda, following the Children’s
Act of 2004 has required every school to ensure the ‘economic
well-being’ of all students. To enable this development
the concept of economic education has been added to PSHE to
create PSHE education.
The current Ofsted framework for inspection of secondary
schools is also called ‘Every Child Matters’ and
requires inspectors to check:
- the extent to which learners ‘achieve economic
well being’;
- the acquisition of workplace skills; and the development
of skills which contribute to the social and economic well-being
of the learner;
- the extent to which employer’s needs are met;
- the quality and accessibility of information, advice
and guidance to learners in relation to courses and programmes
and career progression;
- how well equality of opportunity is promoted and discrimination
tackled;
- how effective are the links made with other providers,
services, employers and other organisations.
PSHE education is a key component of personal development
learning. All of the new programmes of study for the national
curriculum form 2008 onwards are designed to promote the personal
development of all learners through the newly defined personal,
learning and thinking skills (PLTS).
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