PSHE Accreditation for trainee teachers

A group of Brighton trainee primary teachers have successfully completed the PSHE (personal, social, health and economic) Accreditation Framework with the PSHE Association. 

The PSHE Association is the national body for PSHE education, supporting a network of 50,000 teachers and schools to ensure the subject is taught well.

The students, who have just entered the final year of their degrees, worked with a local primary school where they were supported by the school’s PSHE lead.

To achieve the accreditation the students needed to provide evidence against the framework to demonstrate that they can effectively plan, teach and evaluate PSHE teaching and learning in line with the PSHE Associations’ 10 Principles of Effective PSHE Practice.  The students also needed to reflect upon up-to-date research and policy against the principles as part of their evidence. 

This was the first time our primary trainee teachers have worked towards the PHSE Association’s accreditation but it is now embedded into our courses to ensure future students can gain a further understanding of this important subject.

Senior lecturer Faye Worthy-Pauling (centre in photo) said: “There was a lot of work involved but all the students passed without hesitation when reviewed by the PSHE Association.

“They demonstrated confidently that they have an embedded understanding of how to plan and teach PSHE in the EYFS and Primary setting and were confident in verbalising a rationale for the place of PSHE in the Early years foundation stage (EYFS) and primary setting.”

Faye recently presented at the PSHE Association’s ITT Network meeting on how the University of Brighton supports trainee teachers to develop effective PSHE teaching, sharing good practice with a range of ITT providers. 

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