At Stretton Academy, we teach Personal, Social, Health Education as a whole-school approach to underpin students’ development as people and because we believe that this also supports their learning capacity. Our school values of fairness, hope, love, peace and reconciliation, perseverance and truth also underpin all that we do.

We use Jigsaw, the mindful approach to PSHE, as our chosen teaching and learning programme and tailor it to our children's needs. This enables children to understand and respect who they are, empowers them with a voice, and develops their resilience, thereby equipping them for life and learning.

Relationships and Health Education are taught within our whole-school PSHE programme, covering the key themes: 

• ‘Families and people who care for me’
• ‘Caring friendships’
• ‘Respectful relationships’
• ‘Online relationships’
• ‘Being safe’.
   

The expected outcomes for each of these elements can be found in the policy below. The way the Jigsaw Programme covers these is explained in the mapping document: Jigsaw 3-11 and Statutory Relationships and Health Education demonstrating how Jigsaw and, therefore, our school, meets the statutory Relationships and Health Education requirements. An introduction to the scheme and a summary of these objectives is provided in the policy and by following the links to further information below.

Promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At Stretton CE Academy, we promote respect for all and value every individual student. We promote equality and respect within every aspect of our teaching and our community life and we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. Our aim is to develop children’s understanding of protected characteristics and the promotion of equality and diversity using age-appropriate resources. We also respect the right of our students, their families, and our staff, to hold beliefs, religious or otherwise, and understand that sometimes these may be in tension with our approach to some aspects of Relationships, Health and Sex Education. We share our approach openly and encourage discussion of our approach with families. The policy below outlines when and how parents and carers can find out more about how we deliver learning opportunities in PSHE and raise any questions they may have to enable them to support their children. Our aim is to enable parents and carers to support their children with appropriate discussion at home of themes covered in PSHE so that together we can enable our children to develop as confident and caring young people able to keep themselves and others safe, form ambitious aspirations, and have the resilience and personal qualities to pursue these goals successfully.

Jigsaw takes a multi-faceted approach to supporting schools with the teaching of protected characteristics to promote equality and diversity, and personal development. The Jigsaw PSHE 3-11 teaching materials provide an inclusive approach that starts with children in Reception (age 4-5) and continues to age 11 at Stretton (and on to 16 at secondary schools adopting this scheme). The Jigsaw approach is progressive and developmental.