Society & Relationships

As a young person in today's society, you must navigate a highly connected, complex world where online and offline life increasingly blur. This brings exciting opportunities, but also challenges too.

To help guide you through this exciting (and sometimes tricky) journey, we offer a rich and varied curriculum under the broad theme of society and relationships.

This covers personal, social, health, relationships and economic education (PSHRE) and is central to our sixth form provision. Our programme is designed to develop confident, resilient, informed and socially responsible young adults, fully prepared for life beyond sixth form.

The curriculum supports you to:

• Maintain positive physical and mental health
• Build healthy, respectful relationships
• Understand their rights and responsibilities
• Develop leadership, character and employability skills
• Make informed choices about their next steps

The programme is underpinned by our core values of Courage, Commitment and Confidence.

How do we bring this to life?

Our programme is delivered through a structured weekly model, ensuring regular, protected curriculum time and consistent pastoral support.

In Year 12, for example, you will explore challenging social and philosophical questions such as:

• Is there a public stigma associated with mental health?
• What is an ideal society?
• Should social media be banned?
• How do we tackle gender inequality?
• What makes a tolerant society?

In Year 13, we will continue to help you prepare for independence, progression and adulthood, looking at big questions such as:

• What do you want after sixth form?
• What makes a healthy relationship?
• Can money buy happiness?
• Where do you want to be in 3, 5 and 10 years?

You will also build on previous learning about relationships, health and life skills, exploring for example:

• Healthy sexual relationships and consent
• Contraception, STIs and sexual health
• Exam stress, anxiety and wellbeing strategies
• Financial literacy, budgeting and student finance
• Legal rights and responsibilities

You will also receive support with:

• UCAS applications and managing offers
• Apprenticeships and school-leaver programmes
• Personal statements and applications
• Interview preparation and oracy
• Results day and post-18 transitions

The Read Programme

The Read Programme is a key strand of Personal Development and supports both academic success and wellbeing. These sessions:

• Develop literacy, vocabulary and reading confidence
• Promote reading for pleasure and subject-specific reading
• Provide structured time for one-to-one conversations between tutors and students
• Enable early identification of safeguarding or wellbeing concerns

This strengthens tutor–student relationships and ensures every student is known, supported and challenged.

External agencies

To enhance the quality and impact of our provision, Harris Clapham Sixth Form works closely with external specialist organisations, including:

• St Giles Trust – education around serious violence, county lines, criminal exploitation and pathways away from crime
• Depaul – support and education relating to youth homelessness, housing insecurity and accessing services
• Tender – specialist delivery on healthy relationships, consent, sexual harassment and abuse prevention

These partnerships strengthen safeguarding, bring expert voices into school and ensure students receive credible, real-world guidance.