All KS3 students study Personal Development for one hour a week. During timetabled Personal Development lessons, students will study Relationship, Sex and Health Education (RSHE), Citizenship, Careers Education and other themes pertaining to their personal development. In KS4 we move to an extraction model for PDS, which also includes RE. At KS5 students return to having a timetabled PD lesson once a week.
In Personal Development Studies, we aim to nurture students to become successful, healthy and happy young people and leaders. They will gain powerful knowledge of themselves and of the world around them, enabling them to become responsible and active citizens who are equipped to fully participate in all aspects of school life and broader society
The Personal Development curriculum has been carefully designed to build on our school’s already outstanding provision and to ensure that all students are able to self-actualise during their time at Lady Manners School. This dynamic subject distils many of the most aspirational features of our school into a weekly lesson in which students can focus on realising their personal and social potential.
