We will equip all students with the skills, abilities, attributes and qualifications to pursue a fulfilling career, contribute positively to their communities and be active, global citizens.
We aim to provide our students with a broad range of opportunities to enable them to develop their individual talents and broader character. We aim to develop students as active global students with the skills, abilities and attributes to contribute positively to their communities. We aim to remove barriers to participation to ensure an equity of offer for all students.
Personal Development Faculty Vision
Our curriculum offer seeks to promote a passion for Personal Development within all students at TEMA. We have ensured that pupils at The East Manchester Academy are exposed to a rigorous and research led model for Personal Development which is guided by organisations such as PHSE Association. We recognise that Personal Development plays a key part in preparing young people for adult life and helping them to make safe and healthy choices throughout adulthood.
Student development is nurtured and will build year on year; capitalising on what students should already have studied at Key Stages 1 and 2. It is our goal to promote and progress life skills in all our students so that our students are thoroughly prepared for life in modern Britain. We aim to educate students to be responsible, respectful and active citizens who can become actively involved in public life as adults. Personal Development will broaden our students understanding of fundamental British values; democracy, individual liberty, the rule of law and mutual respect and tolerance.
Personal Development will enlighten students so that they behave with integrity and cooperate consistently well with others. Within Personal Development we want our students to develop so that they possess confidence, resilience and knowledge so that they can keep themselves mentally and physically healthy. We will provide a curriculum that is broad and varied and accessible to all learners and which considers the individuality of our students and their context. In Personal Development lessons we encourage the development of students’ oracy skills through carefully planned discussion. We develop a safe environment where
students can demonstrate respect.
Through Personal Development, students will know that we can all thrive together and our students will gain thorough understanding that difference is a positive, not a negative, and that individual characteristics make people unique. TEMA students will enjoy an inclusive environment and will strive to ensure that all members of the TEMA community, irrespective of age, disability, gender, race, religion, belief, sex, sexual orientation or size feel welcomed and valued. Personal Development will equip our students with the abilities to recognise online and offline risks to their well-being and make them aware of the support available to them. We develop our students’ readiness for the next phase of education, training or employment so that TEMA students are equipped to make their transition successful through a well planned careers curriculum incorporating local labour market information and building students employability skills.
