School leaders on Thursday insisted that PSHE lessons are vital for pupils and help them withstand the pressures of modern society - amid controversy on the teaching of topics such as gender identity.

BBC Children in Need Day is back on Friday, 14 November 2025. Here we've collated ideas for taking part and raising money with your primary school, as well as classroom resources for theming lessons ...

Schools should not be measured on the outcomes of personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE), MPs have heard. During a hearing by the education select committee on PSHE in schools, experts ...

Eleanor: I'm different to my sisters, because Alexandra has Down Syndrome, and Felicia likes fashion more than me. Sometimes she needs help with everyday things, sometimes she doesn't. [Dad in the ...

Digital literacy should sit alongside reading, writing and arithmetic as the fourth pillar of a child's education and must feature as part of compulsory personal, social, health and economic education ...

PSHE covers health, wellbeing, relationships and living in the wider world Personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) should be a statutory subject in all state schools in England, ...

A video on the subject of female genital mutilation (FGM) shown to 11 and 12-year-olds at a secondary school was so upsetting it caused one child to faint. The video, which starts with a warning that ...

AN INSPECTOR has praised Woodhey High School pupils for learning about issues surrounding sex, alcohol and healthy eating. On behalf of Ofsted, inspector Margaret Jones visited the school on November ...

Noel Gallagher shared a photo of a letter a young fan sent him asking if he could speak in his PSHE lesson on the topic of drugs. The young boy named Sam told Gallagher he was a “big fan” and wanted ...