PSHE

Why do we deliver the SCARF curriculum at Boothroyd?

At Boothroyd Primary Academy, we belief our culture of learning is centred around the school’s motto ‘We empower all so we can all shine brightly’ and the school’s values of ‘Honesty, Excellence, Aspiration, Respect, Teamwork’.

In September 2020, Relationships Education became compulsory in all primary schools in England. Health Education (of which puberty education is a key part) is also compulsory.  

We have chosen Coram Education’s SCARF PHSE curriculum to support our delivery. The SCARF curriculum is built on the foundations of distilled versions of the key core themes in the Early Years Curriculum - referred to as personal, social and emotional development and the National Curriculum that are readily accessible and pertinent: 

•Health and well being 

•Relationships 

•Living in the wider world 

The National Curriculum for PSHE education addresses both pupils’ current experiences and preparation for their future. 

Our school values and the huge emphasis we place on recognising and celebrating the children’s heritage, culture and diversity is also reflected in this scheme. This is fundamentally important to our community and what makes it so special. We want to prepare each child to be a global citizen in a diverse society and prepare them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences required for later life. 

How do we implement PSHE at Boothroyd?

At Boothroyd, we have adopted the SCARF programme to support the delivery our PSHE curriculum, on a weekly basis. The SCARF programme has been carefully chosen to ensure our curriculum complies with the new RSE statutory requirements, along with ensuring we deliver SMSC and British Values.

The SCARF programme enables our children to develop and build their skills and knowledge, year on year, with each new topic building on the previous one.

Within the SCARF curriculum there are 6 key themes/drivers which are taught within every year group. These are:

•Me and my relationships

•Valuing difference

•Keeping myself safe

•Rights and responsibilities

•Being my best

•Growing and changing 

British Values and Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) along with RSE are carefully woven throughout the SCARF curriculum. This enables our children to become successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors.

Our children and staff are encouraged to develop their sense of self-worth by playing a positive role in contributing to school life and the wider community 

SCARF PHSE Long Term Plan Reception - Year 6

PHSE RSE SCARF Boothroyd Policy - Sept 2026

For more information about other ways in which we implement PSHE, please see the PSHE offer document.

PSHE offer

How do we monitor PSHE at Boothroyd?

The aim of our PSHE curriculum is to develop each child so that they leave our school with an understanding and knowledge about safe relationships, healthy lifestyles and internet safety for a modern day society. 

We also keep in contact with our community and families due to family members continuing to attend our school. This allows us the opportunity to continue to have dialogues about former pupils and their successes within their new journey.

Throughout the children’s time at Boothroyd, we continually measure the impact of our PSHE in many ways, including:

•Observations

•Book looks

•Teacher planning

•Pupil voice

•Staff voice

•Parent voice

RSE 

In September 2020 Relationships Education became compulsory in all primary schools in England. Health Education (of which puberty education is a key part) is also compulsory.  

At Boothroyd, we know and understand that relationships are key to leading a happy and successful life within our modern day society and we want our pupils, from Boothroyd, to be able to flourish and succeed within their local and wider communities.

It is our aim, within our PSHE and RSE curriculum – that is delivered throughout our SCARF scheme – that we enable our pupils to have an understanding about different relationships and how to live a healthy lifestyle. We promote our pupils to have a voice and be able to share their opinions and thoughts in an appropriate way.

We foster and encourage our pupils to adopt our school values HEART (Honesty, Excellence, Aspirations, Respect and Teamwork) which we believe are core values in making sure our children are ready and equipped to continue their education and further career opportunities.

We understand that as our pupils grow older, they will be faced with a range of situations within their social groups, which is why we ensure that our pupils have the necessary and age-appropriate information to make sure they can make informed decisions to keep themselves safe. This also includes making sure that they have an understanding and gain knowledge about keeping themselves safe on the internet and on social media, as we are aware that this plays a pivotal part in today’s society.

“Relationships Education in primary schools should teach the fundamental building blocks and characteristics of positive relationships, with particular reference to friendships, family relationships, and relationships with other peers and adults. At Coram Life Education we believe that children should learn about relationships as well as the emotional, social and physical aspects of growing up, human sexuality and sexual health in an age-appropriate way, the majority of which is covered in Health Education and National Curriculum Science. Therefore we often refer to this subject as RSE: Relationships and Sex Education. Our Relationships and Sex Education resources help children and young people to be safe, healthy and happy, both as they grow, and in their future lives. These lessons help to meet safeguarding, and emotional wellbeing requirements, as well as ensuring that schools cover the requirements of the DfE RSHE guidance.” – SCARF website.

To support our pupil's questioning within lessons, our teachers use the following flowchart:

How to answer a child's question that goes beyond the currciulum.pdf