At St James, we believe that our high quality PSHE Education will stay with our pupils for life. It inspires their personal development through learning about and taking responsibility for their own bodies, understanding their wellbeing and mental health, being able to successfully navigate different types of relationship and identifying their own aspirations and potential place in the wider world.

These areas develop students’ skills in other areas of the curriculum and are part of the wider St James ambition for all our learners to develop into active citizens of character, who can face challenges, are resilient and believe in themselves The St James Baccalaureate incorporates Religious Education, PSHE, RSE and citizenship together.

The lessons will focus on students developing their social, cultural and political awareness, but will also focus on developing in students a sense of self-worth, approaches to mental health, and the development of positive virtues such as integrity, compassion and resilience.

At St James we remain enthusiastic about the provision of Religious Studies in this country, believing it to be a fundamental tenet of our multi-cultural, multi-faith society, in which bigotry is not tolerated, and understanding and tolerance are promoted.   

Not only this, it forces pupils of all faiths and none to examine themselves and their worldviews, which challenges them to empathise with others and develop emotionally and spiritually. We have ensured our provision for religious education meets the national requirements, reflecting the fact that the religious traditions in Great Britain are, in the main, Christian while taking account of the teaching and practices of the other principal religions represented in Great Britain.