Personal Development

PD at DGS: striving to develop Healthy, Empowered and Highly Employable Individuals

PD covers the statutory and some non-statutory aspects of PSHE (Personal, Social, Health, and Economic Education), Citizenship and CEIAG (Careers Education, Information and Guidance) including the fulfilment of the Gatsby Benchmarks.

The content and delivery is designed to provide students with the skills, knowledge and confidence to make informed choices in all aspects of their lives.

Themes

The PD curriculum covers; Careers, Employability, Option Choices, Relationships and Sex, Physical and Mental Health, Personal Finance, Friendship, Safety (including Online), Substances, British Values, Democracy, Identity, Rights and Responsibilities and current affairs. Students will develop their knowledge about these important life topics, including managing risk. They will improve their understanding of when and where to seek reliable help and information. They will become empowered to stand up for what they know is right and to become more actively involved in their communities and in our democracy.

PD lessons are enhanced and built upon through assemblies, drop-down-days, the use of reputable guest speakers and organisations and provision of opportunities such as Work Experience.

Design

The PD curriculum has been designed around the following three core themes: HEALTH AND WELLBEING; LIVING IN THE WIDER WORLD and CAREERS AND OPTIONS

PD is designed around a spiral curriculum, meaning that students regularly revisit the core themes across each key stage. This allows knowledge and understanding to be consolidated, as well as allowing themes to be re-addressed in an age-appropriate manner and in different settings and contexts.

PD Themes and Outcomes
Health and Wellbeing (H)	Living in the Wider World (W)	Careers and Options (C)
Pupils understand the potential harms or positive outcomes that could occur in situations	Pupils understand their rights and responsibilities in their communities. They are interested in, and committed to, forms of responsible social action	Pupils have ambitious career goals because of increased awareness of jobs that exist and are excited about their future
Pupils can assess how much risk there is in situations; how likely the harms or benefits are to occur	Pupils understand, think critically, and debate topical and current issues and what can be done about it	Pupils feel informed and confident to research and apply for future careers and Work Experience placements successfully
Pupils understand the factors that might influence how we respond to a potentially risky situation	Pupils understand how the UK is governed, its political system, the rule of law and can outline aspects of the criminal justice system	Pupils feel informed and confident about making decisions on future progression routes such as GCSE’s and Further Education
In a potentially risky situation pupils can identify ways to respond and of the possible consequences of any actions	Pupils understand how to manage money on a day-to-day basis and for future needs	Pupils have a positive attitude towards work, their career and work experience
If harms occur, pupils know what to do, including when to ask for help and what advice they could give to friends and family and others if they are affected	5. Pupils know how people can participate actively in the UKs democracy	Pupils develop common Employability skills, including communication, problem solving, time management, teamwork, leadership and organisation
Pupils know where to go for reliable information and advice inside and outside of school	Pupils know where to go for reliable information and advice inside and outside of school	Pupils can identify and access appropriate careers, work experience and options help, advice and support
Informed by: Dept for Education Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education statutory guidance, Dept for Education Citizenship Programme of Study aims and the Dept for Education Careers Guidance and Access for Education and Training Providers statutory guidance inc the Gatsby Benchmarks

Personal Development Programme
Year	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
7	Friendship	Mental Health	Human Rights & Responsibilities	Online Safety	First Aid	Growing Up
7	Nutrition and wellbeing talk	Anti-bullying week		Guess The Employer Event - pre and post event Unifrog session		Spotlight Lessons including: Diversity (inc. sexual harassment) First Aid Calculating risk
8	Substances (Smoking, Vaping & Alcohol)	Mental Health	Careers and GCSE Options inc. Unifrog	Personal Finance	Democracy in and Beyond the UK
8	Nutrition and wellbeing talk	Anti-bullying week	Wellbeing Carousel day	World of Work event followed by Unifrog		Spotlight Lessons Eg. Diversity First Aid Calculating risk
9 Once a fortnight	Online Safety	Relationship & Sex Education		Physical Health & Mental Wellbeing
9	Nutrition and wellbeing talk	Anti-bullying week Takeover Challenge followed by Unifrog	Year 9 Tutor Time Delivery – First Give followed by Unifrog. Chelsea’s Story - Performance			World Religions Values Day
10	Substances (Illegal Drugs)	Work Experience: CV Preparation inc Unifrog	First Aid	Identity and Diversity		Spotlight Lessons inc. First Aid & Alcohol, Mental Health, Calculating Risk
10	Substances (Illegal Drugs)	Work Experience: CV Preparation inc Unifrog	Law	Identity and Diversity	Work Experience Prep and Review including Unifrog
10	Nutrition & Wellbeing Talk	Anti-Bullying Week	School of Sexuality Workshop		Big Questions Day	Work Experience
11 Once a fortnight	Careers inc Unifrog	Careers inc Unifrog	Finance including workshop from Young Money Financial Champion	The Economy & Democracy	Revision & Exam Technique	Revision & Exam Technique
11	What Next? Careers Convention	Anti-Bullying Week	Protective Behaviours Workshop