Time for change? Personal, social and health education

This report evaluates the current PSHE curriculum: whether it is based sufficiently closely on the needs of young people and how the outcomes might be best achieved. It draws on evidence from surveys of PSHE by Her Majesty's Inspectors (HMI) and whole-school inspection reports from the period 2001-06. It also refers to earlier reports which remain relevant. In preparing this report, Ofsted commissioned the Schools Health Education Unit, Exeter, to provide research evidence from its behavioural surveys.