Welcome to Personal, Social, Health, Citizenship and Careers Education.  It is a department that is committed to ensuring that our learners are able to gain a broad understanding of themselves and the society in which they live and are able to become responsible and contributing members of both the school community and the wider communities to which they belong.

Meet the team

• Mr C. West                        Head of Department
• Mr S. Gildea                     Teacher of PSHCCE
• Miss C. Ingman-White     Teacher of PSHCCE
• Miss L. White                    Teacher of PSHCCE
• Miss N. Holden                 Teacher of PSHCCE

Key Stage 3

The Personal, Social, Health, Citizenship and Careers Education course is made up of topics from the National Curriculum.  These are delivered through two hour long sessions per fortnight.

• Healthy Lifestyles
• Personal Safety
• Crime
• Work
• Alcohol
• The Law
• Britain
•  Democracy
• Drugs
• Personal and National Identity

All year 7 learners have the opportunity to complete the 'HeartStart' emergency life support skills course.

Key Stage 4

During KS4 each learner will complete a minimum of a short course GCSE in Citizenship Studies with the option of doing a full course if they choose to do so.  The statutory requirements for Personal, Social and Health Education and Work Related Learning are also covered.

The full course GCSE consists of four units; two are assessed by means of an examination and the other two by means of Controlled Assessment tasks.  The examinations focus on a wide range of topics including Law, Democracy and Politics, Employment Rights, Consumer Rights and Human Rights.  The Controlled Assessment tasks enable learners to get involved in issues in a more practical and hands-on way.  This includes researching an issue and planning a campaign of action to highlight and promote causes which they support.

Those learners following the short course do one Controlled Assessment and one examination from the full course.

Extra Curricular Activities and Enrichment

Visits to the House of Parliament and the Old Bailey

Visits to Bury County and Magistrates Courts

Visits to school from the local MP and magistrates.