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At Kings Priory School we use our Personal Development (PD) provision to allow pupils to be resilient, active citizens who are able to live happy, healthy and successful lives.
Kings Priory School has exceptional provision for Personal Development through our multi-faceted approach: in the formal welfare classroom curriculum, pastoral support and both in our consolidation and exploration curriculum.
At Kings Priory School we use our Personal Development (PD) provision to allow pupils to be resilient, active citizens who are able to live happy, healthy and successful lives.
Kings Priory School has exceptional provision for Personal Development through our multi-faceted approach: in the formal welfare classroom curriculum, pastoral support and both in our consolidation and exploration curriculum.
Mrs Rebecca Watson
Vice Principal in charge of Personal Development
Respect, Tolerance and Friendship
Our Personal Development provision has a holistic ethos which pervades through everyday school life, as part of the curriculum, which is accessible to all. We maximise the outcomes for every child so that every pupil at Kings Priory School has the opportunity to flourish personally.
Our Personal Development provision helps pupils understand how they are developing personally and socially, and tackles the moral, social and cultural issues that are part of growing up in modern Britain, it develops personal resilience and good physical and mental health in pupils. We provide pupils with a wide range of opportunities to learn about British Values and appreciate what it means to be a member of a diverse society.
Personal Development in the Classroom Curriculum
The Personal Development classroom curriculum includes all elements of the curriculum which are classroom-based. This includes coverage of PSHE, Careers, RSE, Citizenship, Chapter Time and Statutory Religious Studies. At Kings Priory School this is all contained within Personal Development lessons.
Personal Development in the Consolidation Curriculum
The Personal Development consolidation curriculum includes all compulsory elements of the curriculum which take place outside of the classroom.
Personal Development in the Extended Curriculum
Alongside the Classroom and Consolidation curriculum, Kings Priory School also has a range of Extended opportunities for pupils to develop into resilient active citizens. These include regular charity appeals led by pupils, an active and valued pupil leadership team in each year group, weekly and/or daily acts of worship, weekly assemblies, chapter time activities, the opportunity to get involved in highly professional shows and performances to live audiences, educational visits and after school clubs - including extremely successful sports teams.