Safeguarding Curriculum Map

Alcohol To examine the effects of alcohol on health, behaviour and relationships.

Smoking To examine the risks of tobacco and nicotine.

Vaping To examine the risks associated with vaping.

Legal and Prescription Drugs To examine the safe use of legal drugs (Energy drinks inc.

Illegal Drugs and the Law To analyse the effects and dangers of consuming illegal drugs.

County Lines To understand what they do and how they are organised.

Anti-drugs campaign identify and present information to build awareness for other young people.

What are Human Rights?

To identify examples of human rights and how they impact people’s lives

Discrimination

To examine the different types of discrimination and the laws related to this 

Racism

To examine cases of racism as discrimination 

Sexuality and Gender Identity

To identify types of sexual orientation and discrimination towards this

Hate Crime

To explore what is meant by hate crime and the laws surrounding this

What is mental health?

To examine different types of mental health disorder

Mental Health: Self-Esteem and Confidence 

Students explore their personal strengths and qualities and explore how external factors can affect how they feel about themselves

Mental health: Body Image: Examine the influences and representation of the body in the media and the impact it can have. 

Healthy and Unhealthy coping strategies: Self Harm and Eating Disorders

To examine the dangers and support available for young people. 

Social Media and Mental Health: Cyberbullying

Students explore how social media can positively and negatively affect mental health

Being an Active Bystander: Explore the concept of being an active bystander and how it can combat different forms of bullying. 

Introduction to Crime and Punishment

To introduce the unit and examine reasons for crime

Vindication and Protection

To evaluate vindication and protection as aims of punishment

Reformation and Reparation

To evaluate reformation and reparation as aims of punishment

Retribution and Deterrence

To evaluate retribution and deterrence as aims of punishment

Peer Pressure To identify what makes a good friend and the consequences of peer pressure

Gangs Project Lesson 1

To analyse the risks and legal implications of being in a gang.

Gangs Project Lesson 2

To further analyse the risks and legal implications of being in a gang.

Gangs Project Lesson 3

To explore the process of getting out of a gang. 

Knife Crime To understand the prevalence of knife crime and examine how choices people make impact on their lives.

Cybercrime

Understand what cybercrime is, why people get involved, and how to assess risks and make safe decisions.

Cybercrime Know the impact of cybercrime on all involved and suggest safer alternatives for those at risk.

Consent

To examine what is meant by consent and the laws surrounding this

Contraception

To identify different types of contraception and which is most suitable for specific users

Sex and Consent Online

Explain the risks of sharing nude images/videos with others, online sexual harassment, including the legal consequences. 

STI’s

To investigate the effects and treatment of STI’s

Pregnancy and Miscarriage

To examine healthy pregnancy and miscarriages

Spotting the signs of abuse

To identify the different types of abuse and apply this to scenario examples

Types of responsibilities and families: Discuss family responsibilities and discuss qualities needed for being a parent/carer

Understanding marriage: Examine the different types of relationships and the legal rights and responsibilities associated with marriage.

Divorce or Separation:

To identify reasons for and laws surrounding divorce. Understand different perspectives on divorce and separation.

Honour Based Violence

To examine the dangers of honour based violence and forced marriage in the UK.

Relationships and conflict: To be able to recognise and understand the different forms of domestic abuse and where to go for support. 

Family life and parenting:

What qualities are needed to be a successful parent or carer? What are the benefits of stable relationships?

Challenging Gender Stereotypes

Explore what gender stereotypes are and how they impact behaviour and aspirations.

Recognising and Preventing Discrimination Identify negative consequences of discrimination, and learn ways to safely challenge discrimination

Staying Safe Online: Misinformation and Extremism

Assess the impact of viewing inaccurate or extreme content online and analyse common warning signs

Online Blackmail

Learn to recognise signs of online blackmail, understand its impact, and know where to get support.

Gambling: Risks and Consequences

Explore why people become addicted to gambling and discuss the negative consequences

Religion and Community Cohesion

Religion, Gender and LGBT+

Religion and Freedom of Expression

Religion and Social Justice

Religion and Animal Rights

Consent: What is it and why is it essential? Recognise scenarios that are consensual and non-consensual, using the legal definition of consent and verbal/non-verbal cues

Attitudes to Pornography: To investigate the impact of viewing harmful content online. To understand that it creates a distorted view of sexual relationships.

Sex and Consent Online:

Explain the risks of sharing nude images/videos with others, including the legal consequences. Outline how to report nude images/videos online and access support for online safety issues. 

Domestic Abuse (Part 1): How can we recognize the signs of domestic violence in relationships, and what steps can we take to ensure healthy and safe relationships?

Domestic Abuse (Part 2): How can we recognize the signs of domestic violence in relationships, and what steps can we take to ensure healthy and safe relationships?

Abusive Relationships: What are the different forms that abusive relationships can take and how can we recognise them?

Sexual Violence: To understand the different forms of physical and digital sexualharassment and violence and consider ways we can keep ourselves safe.

Effects of Drug & Alcohol To examine alcohol and drug use in relation to immediate and long-term health

Decision making and Personal Safety To understand how alcohol and drug use can affect decision making and personal safety, including looking out for friends, safe travel and drink-spiking

The impact of alcohol and drug use On road safety, work-place safety, reputation and career. Be aware of the risks of being a passenger with an intoxicated driver and ways to manage this

Managing influences and risks, and seeking support: how different influences can affect decision making related to alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Learn about the risks and consequences of substance use.

Exploring the risks and consequences of substance use How to make independent and responsible decisions related to alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs

Staying Safe: Alcohol and Binge Drinking

Explore the effects of binge drinking and alcohol dependency on decision-making, personal safety, career and reputation, learning how to manage alcohol use in the immediate and long term.

An Introduction to Ethics

Why do People Believe in Life After Death? 

Why Do People Suffer? 

Capital Punishment

Abortion

Stem Cell Research

Online World:

Sometimes young people can have problems online. Sometimes adults can have problems online. Perhaps these two groups can share some advice?

Online Influences:

Examine how harmful influences can affect our perception and behaviours in our relationships with others. 

Digital Manipulation

To examine how and why photographs are manipulated in the media

Body Image

To examine the impacts on body image and self-esteem

Aesthetic Procedures

To examine the risks of aesthetic procedures and how they impact our self-image

Tattoos 
To examine the risks and dangers around tattoos

Self-Esteem and Confidence

To examine and describe personal strengths and qualities and explain the benefits of identifying them.

Recognising Strengths in Ourselves and Others

Recognise strengths in themselves and how to develop them and to be able to Identify strengths in others

Introduction to Crime and Punishment

To introduce the unit and examine reasons for crime

Vindication and Protection

To evaluate vindication and protection as aims of punishment

Reformation and Reparation

To evaluate reformation and reparation as aims of punishment

Retribution and Deterrence

To evaluate retribution and deterrence as aims of punishment

Justice and Complexity

Explore the challenges of investigating and prosecuting certain types of crime where evidence is limited, conviction rates are low, or the legal process is especially complicated.

Planning and Organising: Revising Effectively: Explain what makes an effective revision plan. Set realistic, achievable, and measurable revision goals.

Coping with Exam Stress: Identify signs of exam stress in themselves and others know who to ask for advice and where to look for guidance on exam stress.

Mental Health: Revisited 

Identify warning signs of poor mental health and explore support available.

Managing Our Health: Services and Support

Assess ways of overcoming barriers to healthcare and evaluate the reliability of health information available.

Substance Addiction: How to Seek Help Explore the causes of addiction, why addiction is so hard to overcome and where to seek support.

Sexual Health: Choosing and Accessing Contraception

Compare different types of contraception that are available.

Sexual Health: Preventing and Treating STDs Explore how to reduce the risk of transmitting STI’s and the importance of testing.

The Impact of Relationships Compare the impact of positive and negative relationships, and learn how to seek support when in a negative relationship

Understanding Consent: Online and Offline Compare consensual and non-consensual behaviour, explore reasons for intimacy, and understand the importance of reporting sexual violence.

Sexual Violence

Learn about about the impact of attitudes towards sexual harassment and assault and to challenge victim-blaming, including when abuse occurs online. Examine the issue of violence against women and girls.

Domestic Abuse Part 1

Learn about the challenges associated with getting help in domestic abuse situations of all kinds; the importance of doing so; sources of appropriate advice and support, and how to access them.

Domestic Abuse Part 2

Learn about the challenges associated with getting help in domestic abuse situations of all kinds; the importance of doing so; sources of appropriate advice and support, and how to access them.

Respectful Relationships: Trust and Intimacy

Explore different types and levels of intimacy, explaining the effect that intimacy can have.

How should we end romantic relationships? Examine appropriate ways to end a romantic relationship and consider personal values and appropriate boundaries.

What Rights are we Entitled to in the UK?

What are our global, Human Rights and who enforces these?

What are our rights as consumers? What are our rights and responsibilities at work?

What are our responsibilities to those less fortunate than us?

Freedom of Speech and Religious Prejudice

Self-Image Online Understand how filters, editing tools, and algorithms can distort body image and self-perception. Recognise how comparison culture affects wellbeing. Explore strategies for building resilience and positive self-esteem online.

Relationships in the Digital Age: Explore how technology shapes friendships and romantic relationships. Discuss AI bots, parasocial relationships  and blurred boundaries. Reflect on healthy communication, respect, and consent in digital spaces.

Deepfakes, Digital Ethics and Rights Understand what deepfakes are and how digital manipulation can cause harm. Discuss digital ethics: honesty, respect, consent, and accountability online.
Explore young people’s rights online (privacy, safety, freedom from exploitation) and the risks of abuse, misinformation, and data misuse.

Sextortion and Online Exploitation Define sextortion and recognise common tactics used by perpetrators. Identify the risks of sharing images and the importance of consent.
Know where to go for help and what protections the law provides.

Positive Strategies for Online Life Consider the collective challenges young people face when growing up online. Identify common myths, pressures, and risks associated with social media and technology.
Develop positive strategies for safe, respectful, and resilient online behaviour.

Thriving in Post-16 To describe potential challenges when transitioning to KS5. To access and apply strategies to support and manage these challenges.

The Importance of Sleep

Sleep hygiene and addressing poor sleep habits

Keeping Safe

To identify risks and challenges encountered from increased independence. Explain how to increase personal safety in a range of contexts.

Work life balance 

The importance of maintaining regular exercise, sleep and and time offline

Relationships To be able to articulate a range of relationship values and apply them to support healthy relationships.

Managing relationships

Understand the qualities of a healthy relationship and to identify markers of unhealthy relationships, such as coercive control. 

Communication in relationships Explore communication styles and practise constructive dialogue to build relationships and manage difficulties

Know Your Rights: The Equality Act 2010

To understand the protected characteristics, and the rights and protections that are granted by the Act.

Safely Challenge Discrimination To examine how to safely challenge discrimination and promote inclusion.

Recognising Harassment and Abuse Examine the different types and recognise the signs of abuse and harassment (including sexual harassment).

Understanding Cultural Identity Compare and contrast one’s own cultural identity to the cultural identity of others.

Understanding Inclusion

Explain why it’s important to promote and celebrate inclusion and diversity.

Intersectionality, marginalisation, and privilege: Identify examples of identity markers. Explain the consequences of halo and horn effects. Define what privilege means within society.

Valuing Diversity: To explain the importance of valuing diversity. Assess the impact the media has on people’s attitudes and understand how to take positive action.

Religion and IVF

Capital Punishment

Genetic Engineering

Abortion and Religion

Religion and Euthanasia 

Religious Arguments For and Against Drugs

School Consent Project Part 1

Students will watch part 1 of a film that will form part of the workshop they will participate in during lesson 3. 

School Consent Project Part 2

Students will watch part 2 of a film that will form part of the workshop they will participate in during lesson 3.

School Consent Workshop

The Schools Consent Project will deliver an interactive lawyer-led session. Covering the laws around consent, how to check for the communication of consent, bystander intervention and how to support a friend’s disclosure and what to do in the event of an assault.  

Communicating Wants & Needs

Students revisit healthy and unhealthy markers in a range of different relationships and consider different communication styles and examine their effectiveness. 

Making Choices about Sexual Health

Explore a range of contraception methods, learning how STI’s can be transmitted and how risk can be reduced through safer sex

Making Choices about Pregnancy and Parenthood Explore the implications of young parenthood and discuss the roles of responsibilities of parents. Explore the options available for unexpected pregnancy

Understanding Pornography: Students investigate how pornography can negatively impact ideas about sex and relationships, by assessing whether pornography portrays sex and relationships realistically.

Gambling: Students explore the reasons why people can become addicted to gambling and discuss the negative consequences of tactics used by gambling companies.

Alcohol and Binge Drinking: Students explore the effects of binge drinking and alcohol dependency on decision-making, personal safety, career and reputation, learning how to manage alcohol use in the immediate and long term.

Recreational Drugs: Students learn about the laws relating to illegal drugs, and explore how drug use can affect decision-making, career, reputation and personal safety.

Understanding Misinformation Online: Students investigate the impact of using social media and consuming inaccurate information online.

Meeting New People Students explore differences between adult and teenage friendships, learn to stay safe in new relationships, and set boundaries in professional ones.

Values and Differences Students discuss the values that are important in different types of relationships.

Trust and Intimacy

Students explore different types and different levels of intimacy, explaining the impact intimacy can have.

Influence of Pornography on Relationships

To help students critically understand how pornography can affect views on sex, consent, self-image, and relationships.

How to spot and respond to coercive control Reflect on healthy relationship behaviours, recognise coercive actions, and identify ways to respond.

What is harassment? Understand what harassment is, how it’s perceived, and the laws, values, and boundaries that guide respectful behaviour.

Ending Relationships Students learn how to have a constructive dialogue. They assess different methods of ending a relationship and explore how to manage emotions during the end of a relationship.

Consent Matters: Students explore what consent means, defining sexual violence and explaining the impact of this on the victim. They also explore ways to manage sexual pressure.

Making Choices about your Sexual Health: Students explore a range of contraception methods, learning how STIs are transmitted and how risk can be reduced through safer sex.

Making Choices about Pregnancy and Parenthood: Students explore the implications of young parenthood and discuss the roles and responsibilities of parents. They also explore the options when facing an unintended pregnancy.

Respectful Relationships 1: Students explore different types and different levels of intimacy, explaining the impact intimacy can have.

Respectful Relationships 2: Students learn how to have a constructive dialogue. They assess different methods of ending a relationship and explore how to manage emotions during the end of a relationship.

Respectful Relationships 3: Students discuss the values that are important in different types of relationships, and explore the complexity of challenging your own values and those of others.

Communicating Wants & Needs

Students revisit healthy and unhealthy markers in a range of different relationships and consider different communication styles and examine their effectiveness. 

Mental Health – Accessing Support: Students learn how to recognise symptoms of some common mental health disorders, including OCD, depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. They learn about strategies for maintaining positive mental health and sources of support available to manage common mental health issues.

Body Enhancement: Students explore the impact of the media on body image and self esteem, and learn the important considerations to make before deciding to have a body enhancement procedure

Acknowledging Skills and Assets: Students explore their personal, linguistic, and cultural assets and academic achievements and connect each of them to key skills. They identify their self-efficacy levels and learn how to overcome self-limiting beliefs. They write about one skill using the CAR method

Constructive Criticism: Students explore the benefits of constructive criticism and ways to optimise providing feedback to others.

Staying Safe 1: Students explore the dangers and consequences of carrying weapons or being involved with gangs or organised crime. They identify possible triggers for conflict, and learn strategies to de-escalate and exit aggressive social situations.

Staying Safe 2: Students learn about how to travel safely in the UK, and how to prepare to travel abroad.

Financial Choices: Student loans, repayments etc. & Working and Earning Understand the student loan system. Learn how to read a UK payslip, as well as salary deductions and saving

Financial Choices: Managing Finance in the World of Work

Evaluate different types of employment contracts and consider the risks of varied financial decisions

Credit, Savings and Bank Accounts Explore the different types of accounts, different forms of credit and their advantages and disadvantages. Evaluate strategies for dealing with financial difficulty.

Future Planning: Pensions

Understand the different types of pensions and the financial planning involved to achieve varying levels of retirement quality of life. 

Gambling: Risks, Consequences and Safety

Explain the reasons people may become addicted to gambling. Describe how gambling companies’ tactics can lead to addiction

Making Choices about Pregnancy and Parenthood Explore the implications of young parenthood and discuss the roles of responsibilities of parents. Explore the options available for unexpected pregnancy

Protected Characteristics and the Equality Act 2010

Recognising Harassment and Abuse

Understanding Cultural Identity and Cultural Competency

Intersectionality, Marginalisation and Privilege

Valuing Diversity: To explain the importance of valuing diversity. Assess the impact the media has on people’s attitudes and understand how to take positive action.