Taking the PSHE out of the National Curriculum

Summarizes the impact on personal, social and health education of the proposed changes to the National Curriculum in the wake of the Dearing Report. Finds that, although there are a few positive developments, the opportunities for health education as part of the statutory programmes of study will be considerably reduced if the draft proposals remain unchanged. Overall, links between health education and the compulsory National Curriculum have been reduced by 55 per cent. Concludes that unless links with health education are reinstated, the ability of the National Curriculum to make a significant contribution to the targets contained in the Government White Paper, The Health of the Nation, will be greatly reduced.