Student-Centred Personal Development for Schools
Our student-led PSHE curriculum and wider ongoing support empowers educators to foster a healthy school culture that equips young people to make good decisions and navigate the complexities of life.
“Michelin stars from me”
“Life Lessons has made the lives of our PSHE teachers so much easier. Staff feel more in control of the lesson and of the conversations, and no longer feel like they have to divulge personal experiences in order to get pupils to engage with the class.”
Kalpana Jegendirabose, Assistant Head Teacher, Haringey Learning Partnership
“Working with Life Lessons changed the entire way we teach PSHE!”
“Students are now engaged and actively participating in discussions. The content is targeted specifically toward each age group and it makes such a difference to receive information from peers on screen, people that look like them, that sound like them and who are living the same life right now.
My only complaint is that I didn’t find them sooner!”
Shirley Mitchell, Former Assistant Principal (Boarding and PSHE) DLD College London
“Life Lessons has given our staff confidence!”
“The overview spreadsheets are really helpful to see any updates to Life Lessons and ensure that our scheme of work marries along with that. Being a Life Lessons school has given us so much time back which is always a blessing because in education there’s never enough time, so anything that speeds up and gives us more time back is a winner.”
Philippa Rich, Acting Head Canbury School
“With Life Lessons…I felt like we covered every base!”
“In December 2022, we received the dreaded Ofsted call and a full 2 day inspection was upon us.
Being new to the role of Head of PSHE, I sat down to prepare diligently that evening and realised that actually, I had so many positive things to say about our curriculum and Life Lessons in particular that I didn’t need to feel so worried. I felt really confident that we had all bases covered.”
Siobhan Graham, Head of PSHE and Year 7, Hemel Hempstead School
Be real, be inclusive, feel confident
We film young people from all over the UK, from different backgrounds, with different experiences and views. These short videos model the conversation to your students in the classroom making it easier for them to talk about topics such as healthy relationships, consent, puberty and sexual health – everything in the curriculum.
Partner schools access over 500 videos of young people and subject matter experts, including experts on FGM, gangs, consent lawyer, masculinity coach, sexual health professional, nutritionalist and many more.
Our approach uniquely empowers your teachers to be confident facilitators.
Countering negative online attitudes
Make sure young people get a balanced view and read between the lines.
Our unique peer-led materials and set-up training support teachers to create a safe space in school for young people to discuss, reflect and critically evaluate online influences including from TikTok and YouTube.
Topics our community is talking about
Here are a selection of the latest subjects that the Life Lessons community is finding most relevant.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
We put out a casting call every year and promote the filming opportunity on social media and in schools. If you’d like to get a notification drop us an email at casting@lifelessons.co.uk
Our video based format works well for many SEN pupils and Life Lessons is used in Special Needs Schools. All videos have subtitles. Also our ‘Experts’ video library is particularly useful as they show fact based videos on topics such as FGM and first aid.
Our lessons are created by secondary teachers across the UK, each lesson then undergoes a multi-stage peer review process before being published. We continue to maintain and update lessons based upon evolving best practice, policy updates, lesson observations and feedback from our partner school.
We partner with many APs and can consider pricing based upon smaller pupil size, set up a call and we’ll try to support your budget.
We deliver teacher CPD for RSHE remotely and in person. We can deliver pupil facing workshops, and if we can’t we can direct you to other great people that can! Get in touch to let us know what you need.
Yes, we have a 1 month free trial available for all schools to test Life Lessons.
What you get access to with the trial:
- Lesson Library (a selection of lessons for years 7-13)
Discussion based, adaptable lessons that cover statutory requirements - Original and unique video Library (a selection of videos)
Professionally produced videos of young people sharing their views and subject experts. These model the discussion to your pupils - In the News (a selection of lessons)
Weekly topical, 15 minute lessons for form time or assemblies - LifeTalk (full access)
A flexible classroom discussion tool to normalise conversations about key topics. - Teacher CPD (a selection of CPD videos)
To support teachers to feel confident in delivering what can often be a challenging subject. Live training not included in the trial
Sign up for the free trial HERE.