Leadership Development Time (PSHERE)

Leadership Development Time (personal, social, health and economic, relationship and sex education) will help students to be leaders in their chosen field because it helps them to aim high, by establishing clear and challenging goals with a defined pathway, demonstrate grit to overcome challenges whilst nurturing good physical and mental wellbeing in themselves and others. It also gives students the skill set to foster and maintain positive relationships to build successful networks.  

It takes students out of their comfort zone (and show growth) by overcoming challenges, all while nurturing good physical and mental well-being in themselves and others.  

It helps students tackle social injustice (and demonstrate responsibility) by exploring all aspects of physical and mental health, how to help themselves and those at risk safe on and offline. 

It helps promote ambition by providing support in establishing clear and challenging goals with a defined pathway. Students are guided to set and pursue ambitious objectives, understanding the steps required to achieve success in their chosen fields. 

It celebrates diversity (compassion) by teaching students to foster and maintain positive relationships to build successful networks.  

By valuing diverse perspectives, students learn the importance of empathy and inclusion. 

It helps students develop independence (excellence) by encouraging them to take initiative and make informed decisions about their future. This skill is crucial for personal and professional growth. 

Each term is themed around leadership linking with the Academy values of GRACE: 

Autumn: Aim high, by establishing clear and challenging goals with a defined pathway (Ambition and Excellence) 

Spring: Foster and maintain positive relationships to build successful networks (Compassion and Responsibility) 

Summer: Demonstrating grit to overcome challenges whilst nurturing good physical and mental wellbeing in themselves and other (Growth) 

The curriculum can be founder on the LDT subject page.

The RSE policy can be found here. 

When is it delivered?

Leadership Development Time is delivered once a fortnight in a 2-hour block, on a Monday week B. It is delivered at the same time to all students from Year 7-13.

How is it delivered?

Leadership Development Time is delivered by tutors who know the students best. An LDT (Leadership Development Time) lesson follows the HSAEL lesson structure and students are set fortnightly core knowledge homework, which is then checked at the start of each lesson. Students will receive a booklet at the start of each lesson to guide them through, which is then stored in the student’s leadership portfolio.

At typical LDT lesson will follow the below structure:

• Read Now: Contextual safeguarding
• Daily Review: Checking understanding of prior knowledge from previous lessons and homework.
• Exposition: Delivery of new content focussing on that week’s topic.
• Deliberate Practice: Split into DP1, 2 and 3 to ensure all students can access the learning and are challenged.

Key Topics

Key Topic	When is it covered?
Radicalisation and Extremism	Autumn 1 – Safeguarding Assembly (All Years) Autumn 1 and Spring1 – Read Now (All Years) Spring 1 – LDT Lessons (All Years) Spring 1 – Safeguarding Assembly (All Years) Summer 1 - BRAVE workshop (KS3)
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)	Autumn 1 – Safeguarding Assembly (All Years) Spring 1 – LDT lesson (Year 9) Spring 2 – Read Now (All Years) Summer 1 – IKWRO Workshop (Year 9-13)
Consent	Autumn 1 – Safeguarding Assembly (All Years) Autumn 1 – Talk the Talk Workshop (Year 7) Autum and Spring – Brook Workshop (Year 9-13) Autumn 2 – UK Feminista Workshop (Year 9) Spring 1 – Read Now (All Years)
Sexual Harassment	Autumn 1 – Read Now (All Years) Autumn 1 – Responsibility Assemblies (All Years) Autumn 2 – Safeguarding Assembly (All Years) Autum and Spring – Brook Workshop (Year 9-13) Autumn 2 – UK Feminista Workshop (Year 9) Spring  – LDT Lessons (All Years) Summer 1 – IKWRO Workshop (Year 9-13)
Mental Health	Autumn 1 – Safeguarding Assembly (All Years) Autumn 2 - Emotional Wellbeing Workshop (Year 12 and 13) Autumn 2 – Read Now (All Years) Spring 1 – Kooth Workshop (Year 7 and 12) Spring 2 – Absnt Mind Workshop (KS3) Summer – LDT Lessons (All Years) Summer 1 – Safeguarding Assembly (All years)
Domestic Abuse	Autumn 2 – Safeguarding Assembly (All Years) Summer 1 – Read Now (All Years) Spring  – LDT Lessons (All Years) IKWRO Workshop (Year 9-13)

 

Safeguarding in the curriculum

Teaching our students about safeguarding is not limited to LDT lessons, assemblies and CED days. We are committed to never missing an opportunity to educate and empower our students with as much knowledge about the world around them as possible as they navigate their way to becoming young adults.  

We passionately believe that well-structured, age-appropriate preventative education with regards to safeguarding is most effective in the context of a whole academy approach. 

We have a vigilant and open culture, a place where students are prepared for life in modern Britain, that creates a culture of zero tolerance for discrimination and prejudice in any form.  

The safeguarding across the curriculum document can be found here.

Supporting students

At the end of each lesson students are provided with signposting for where they might seek support both internally and externally, based on the topics that have been delivered in the lesson. The LDT resources are added to the student SharePoint folder, where students can revisit the content of the lesson in their own time. For our SEND students there is a termly support session to ensure they are supported with their learning across all topics.

Supporting staff

Staff are supported in the delivery of LDT through regular CPD delivered by the safeguarding team and external agencies. Resources are planned centrally, and lesson visits are arranged during the LDT slot to support the delivery of these lessons. Less experienced tutors are paired with more experienced ones to ensure the LDT lessons are delivered effectively. 

Parents and carers

The LDT curriculum is readily available for parents/carer to view on the website and in each community bulletin the upcoming topics are shared including any key updates.

Parents/carers are free to withdraw their children from Sex and Relationships aspects of the LDT curriculum if they wish to do so. The only exceptions to this are the biological aspects of animal growth and reproduction that are essential elements of National Curriculum Science. To discuss this further please contact the academy: info@harrisscienceeastlondon.org.uk

External organisations

We work with a number of external organisations to compliment the delivery of some of the LDT topics. Please see below which organisations we have worked with and which topics they cover.

Session	Topic Link	Term	Target Group
Talk the talk year 7 transition support	Confidence , Friendships and Consent	Autumn 1	Year 7
Newham Road Safety Team	Road Safety	Autumn 1	Year 7
Just Like Us	Bullying and LGBTQ+	Autumn 2	Year 9 and 10
UK Feminista	Sexual Harassment and Consent	Autumn 2	Year 9
“To Be Continued” Theatre production & Workshop	Healthy Relationships and Consent	Autumn 2	Year 9 and 10
Emotional Wellbeing Assembly	NHS Discovery  - Anxiety and Exam Stress	Autumn 2	Year 12 and 13
Robbery, vaping and sexting assembly - SSO Education	Community Safety	Autumn 2	Year 7-10
Brook	Consent, Sexual Harassment, HSB	Autumn and Spring	Year 9-13
Odd Balls	Testicular Cancer	Spring 1	Year 7-13
Girls support Girls workshop	Confidence, Relationship and Body Confidence	Spring 1	Targeted year 9-11 girls
Tender	Healthy Relationships	Spring 2	Year 9
Growth Against Violence	Gangs, social media, weapons	Spring 2	Year 7, 8,9
Kooth Workshop	Mental Health	Spring 2	Year 7 and 12
Game Changer	Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and County Lines	Spring 2	Year 10 and 11
Absnt Mind	Mental Health, Body Image, Cyber Bullying	Spring 2	KS3
Voice Box CIC	Health masculinity and harmful behaviours	Spring 2	KS4 and KS5
Stand Up! Education Against Discrimination	Discrimination, antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate.	Summer 1	Year 7-10
IKWRO - Women's Rights Organisation	Forced marriage, child marriage, “honour” based abuse, female genital mutilation and domestic abuse.	Summer 1	Year 9-13
Change Grow Live Newham Children & Young People's Services	Mental health awareness and emotional well-being, building resilience and coping strategies, understanding and managing substance use, healthy relationships and positive decision-making	Summer 1	KS3 and KS4
Brave Programme	Newham Prevent	Summer 1	KS3