Key Stage 3 course
Key Stage 3 PSHE
Our Key Stage 3 PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) course is taught as a single group class for all students in Years 7, 8 and 9 who wish to enrol. The course covers a wide range of contemporary issues, ranging from mental resilience to cyber-safety to healthy eating – details of the topics are given in the course overview below. We hope that students will enjoy the opportunity to discuss these issues in a safe and supportive space and will benefit from the resources provided to help them reflect further on each area.
There is no homework for PSHE, although follow-up activities may be suggested for students to work on if they would like to spend more time on a particular issue.
The course is taught as a mixed-age group for Years 7, 8 and 9 and students may join at any time during their Key Stage 3 studies.
Course Summary
Students can choose to follow one, two or all three years of the course and can join at any time. There is no requirement to have completed the previous year to enrol on year two or three. The lessons work as stand-alone topics or as part of the wider module.
The course comprises the following modules, which will be taught in rotation over a three year cycle:
- Positive Mental Health and Resilience (Includes lessons on emotional intelligence, dealing with life’s challenges/problems, developing a growth mindset, dealing with stress and anxiety, how to develop better resilience)
- Cultural Diversity (Includes lessons on defining cultural diversity, understanding the term ‘racism,’ where do our preconceptions come from?)
- Choices (Includes lessons on making responsible decisions, good citizenship, positive role models, career planning, budgeting for responsible spending, sustainable living)
- Self-awareness (Includes lessons on improving self-confidence, positive body image, personal strengths and weaknesses, needs and wants)
- Rights (Includes lessons on rights and responsibilities, children’s rights, human rights, animal rights, resisting gender stereotypes)
- E-safety (Includes lessons on the risks and responsibilities of being online, the pros and cons of social media, appropriate online content and contact, cyber-bullying, staying safe online)
- Society (Includes lessons on democracy and voting, crime and punishment)
- Relationships (Includes lessons on what makes a good relationship, healthy and unhealthy relationships, staying safe in relationships, issues relating to sexual relationships, being assertive, peer pressure)
- Alcohol and Drug Awareness (Includes lessons on the effects of drugs and alcohol, the alcohol content of different drinks, binge drinking, under-age drinking)
- Coping with Change (Includes lessons on life stages, physical changes, is how well we cope with change linked to success/happiness)
- Physical Health (Includes lessons on being active, healthy eating, maintaining healthy attitudes towards diet and exercise)
Flexibility for Home Educating Families
We know that home educating families have many different models for how their children learn, but the flexibility offered by Net School allows parents to choose just the courses that are right for their child and that fit around their existing commitments.
Fees
Key Stage 3 PSHE on its own
1 hour of live teaching a week, for the 2026/27 school year. 10% off the whole timetable at ten hours a week or more. There is no minimum — take this subject by itself if that is what suits.
All fees include VAT. Charged termly, by bank transfer, at least a week before term starts — invoices go out at the end of the previous term.
- Autumn term£210.60
- Spring term£178.20
- Summer term£145.80
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