Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education aims to help children and young people deal with the real life issues they face as they grow up.

The issues that PSHE education covers are central to young people�s wellbeing and include: nutrition and physical activity; drugs, alcohol and tobacco education; sex and relationships education; emotional health and wellbeing; safety; careers education; work-related learning; and personal finance. In doing so, PSHE education plays a major role in schools� contribution to the five Every Child Matters outcomes.

This review provides a number of firm recommendations for the DCSF to consider, perhaps most immediately that PSHE education should become part of the statutory National Curriculum in both primary and secondary phases. You can download and order the publication from TeacherNet's online publications website, linked below.