The PSHE Association 

The PSHE Association (formally the PSHE Subject Association) was set up in 2006 with government funding to help support PSHE practitioners across all phases to raise the quality of PSHE teaching and raise its status in the curriculum.

We are a membership organisation as well a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity, governed by a board of trustees.

Membership subscriptions are used to provide a range of advice, information and resources including CPD events that will be of most benefit to members in delivering high quality PSHE education.

We work closely with our members to develop effective practice and resources. We represent member views to government and other bodies to influence policy for PSHE education.

The growth and success of the PSHE Association is dependent on the involvement of our members.

We welcome feedback and involvement of practitioners at all levels.

Our mission

To raise the status, quality and impact of Personal Social Health & Economic education (PSHE) and enable high quality PSHE education teaching and learning for all children and young people.

The PSHE Association provides teachers and practitioners with:

• Dedicated advice, consultancy and support by phone or email for an entire year.
• The latest news with our monthly e-newsletter, website and social media. Updating you on curriculum developments, resources, events, CPD opportunities and immediate updates on changes to legislation.
• Access to a huge library of downloadable resources including model schemes of work, review and quality assurance tools, model policies, guidance on reporting and recording.
• Quality assured CPD events and our national conference at significantly reduced rates.
• Membership of our community of over 5000 professionals in a rapidly growing and influential professional membership, working together to ensure that all children and young people experience the highest quality PSHE education.
• Member voice in national policy development
• Guidance on selecting appropriate PSHE resources, training courses etc.
• Opportunities to play an active part in developing and promoting PSHE teaching and learning, for example through action research.

Governance of the PSHE Association

The Association operates with a small team of renumerated staff, assisted by an Advisory Council elected by the membership reporting to the Board of Trustees. 


The PSHE Association's membership is made up of:

PSHE education practitioners and teaching professionals from all phases and sectors. We also have members who are PSHE education consultants, Local Authority advisers, school nurses and associated organisations.

Strength in numbers is important; a large and growing membership helps us to develop and present a strategic vision for PSHE education, representing the views of the professional community to national policy makers together with government agencies and partners.

Read the original scoping report for "Setting up a PSE association for England" and see where it all began.