Muse Wellbeing: PSHE and RSE Scheme of Work
Authored by the Muse Wellbeing Team
First Published on the 4th of May, 2024.
Reviewed and updated on the 12th of February, 2026.
Reviewed and updated on the 12th of February, 2026.
Lead Writer
David is a qualfied British teacher and the Muse Wellbeing director and lead curriculum developer. His main passions include education, surfing (badly) and travel.
Editor and Review
With over 15 years of experience teaching in primary schools in northern England, Charlotte has played a key role in shaping many lessons across the Muse Wellbeing curriculum.
Muse Wellbeing: PSHE and RSE Scheme of Work
Muse Wellbeing is a comprehensive PSHE and RSE curriculum for primary schools. The Muse Wellbeing curriculum provides a complete PSHE scheme of work for each year group across primary education. Schools can also find all statutory RSE topics, enabling them to deliver an RSE scheme of work that is designed to support the updated Department for Education guidance taking effect from September 2026.
Muse Wellbeing aims to provide access to high quality wellbeing lessons for all children through a holistic PSHE curriculum that supports the development of resilient and caring learners. All lessons include differentiated tasks and supporting materials, alongside extensions and challenges, to help ensure all pupils can take part and make progress.
Currently, Muse Wellbeing offers free access to its PSHE and RSE scheme of work, supporting schools to deliver engaging lessons that help pupils develop the skills they need for life in modern Britain.
Currently, Muse Wellbeing offers free access to its PSHE and RSE scheme of work, supporting schools to deliver engaging lessons that help pupils develop the skills they need for life in modern Britain.
What is Muse Wellbeing?
Muse Wellbeing is an education platform delivering a comprehensive PSHE, RSE and wellbeing curriculum for primary schools. It is designed to support the Department for Education’s requirements for statutory RSE topics while also providing a wider whole-school curriculum that covers a broad range of wellbeing themes.
With 216 lesson plans and accompanying resources, Muse Wellbeing offers a complete curriculum for Years 1 to 6 in UK primary schools. Muse Wellbeing is run by a team of UK-qualified teachers, wellbeing advocates and educational creatives, working together to support positive wellbeing outcomes for children and school communities.
With 216 lesson plans and accompanying resources, Muse Wellbeing offers a complete curriculum for Years 1 to 6 in UK primary schools. Muse Wellbeing is run by a team of UK-qualified teachers, wellbeing advocates and educational creatives, working together to support positive wellbeing outcomes for children and school communities.
What is a PSHE Curriculum?
PSHE stands for personal, social, health and economic education. The PSHE curriculum is non-statutory in the UK, meaning schools are expected rather than required to teach it. However, from 2020, elements of the PSHE curriculum became statutory to support pupils’ health, wellbeing and relationships education.
It is now widely expected that schools use a full PSHE curriculum to build on the statutory Relationships Education and Health Education requirements. A PSHE curriculum can be adapted to meet the needs of individual schools and pupils, provided the statutory elements are covered.
It is now widely expected that schools use a full PSHE curriculum to build on the statutory Relationships Education and Health Education requirements. A PSHE curriculum can be adapted to meet the needs of individual schools and pupils, provided the statutory elements are covered.
The Difference Between PSHE and RSE
In 2020, the Department for Education published guidance making certain elements of Relationships Education and Health Education statutory. These statutory subjects are often referred to as RSE or RSHE. In primary schools, pupils must be taught Relationships Education and Health Education. In secondary schools, Relationships Education, Health Education and Sex Education must be taught. Some aspects of sex education may be included within a primary PSHE curriculum where appropriate and in line with school policy.
Schools are required to deliver the statutory Relationships Education curriculum. Many schools also choose to deliver a full PSHE curriculum, recognising its wider role in supporting physical and mental wellbeing, safeguarding and personal development.An RSE scheme of work focuses on statutory areas such as understanding healthy relationships, personal boundaries, physical development and knowing when something is not right. However, it does not cover the wider range of topics included within a full PSHE curriculum.
A complete PSHE curriculum in primary schools builds on the statutory RSE subjects while also supporting children’s understanding of financial education, career awareness, digital safety and wider life skills needed in the modern world.
Schools are required to deliver the statutory Relationships Education curriculum. Many schools also choose to deliver a full PSHE curriculum, recognising its wider role in supporting physical and mental wellbeing, safeguarding and personal development.An RSE scheme of work focuses on statutory areas such as understanding healthy relationships, personal boundaries, physical development and knowing when something is not right. However, it does not cover the wider range of topics included within a full PSHE curriculum.
A complete PSHE curriculum in primary schools builds on the statutory RSE subjects while also supporting children’s understanding of financial education, career awareness, digital safety and wider life skills needed in the modern world.
Exploring Muse Wellbeing’s 5 Core Values
The Muse curriculum is built around 5 core values that are the building blocks for every lesson created within the PSHE curriculum. The 5 core values support growth in multidisciplinary mindsets and are all designed to nurture safer learning and boost student well-being. Learning objectives are revisited and developed through a spiral approach, allowing key themes to be explored in greater depth as pupils progress through each year group.
- One: Mental & Physical Health.
- Two: Positive & Respectful Relationships.
- Three: Global Citizenship & Community Care.
- Four: Personal Growth & Economic Well-being.
- Five: Digital Citizenship & Online Safety.
How Can a PSHE Scheme of Work Help My Primary School?
Muse Wellbeing provides a PSHE scheme of work that supports teachers and schools with clearly structured, engaging and easy-to-deliver lesson plans and learning experiences. The Muse Wellbeing curriculum is free to access until September 2027.
Across Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, each classroom has access to 36 lessons, giving a total of 216 lessons across the whole of primary school. The Muse curriculum is designed to be delivered weekly using pre-planned and fully resourced lessons. Each lesson lasts between 30 and 50 minutes and follows a progressive sequence of learning objectives and skills.
Each of the 216 lessons available through the Muse Wellbeing portal includes a detailed lesson plan, lesson slides, core learning resources and additional materials where appropriate. Every lesson plan includes guidance for differentiation and extension, supporting both pupils with SEND and those ready for further challenge. This structured approach reduces teacher workload and supports consistent delivery of a high-quality PSHE curriculum across the school.
Lessons are organised into three main themes, which are further broken down into six half-termly units:
Term 1: Health and Wellbeing
1:1 – Healthy Minds and Healthy Bodies
1:2 – Growth and Change
Term 2: Understanding Relationships
2:1 – Positive Relationships
2:2 – Respecting Others and Ourselves
Term 3: The World Around Us
3:1 – Thinking Locally and Globally
3:2 – Economic Wellbeing and Reflection
This structure is used consistently from Year 1 through to Year 6, with lessons building progressively to develop deeper knowledge and understanding as pupils move through the PSHE curriculum.
For example, the first lesson in Year 1 is titled “How Do You Feel Today?”, the first lesson in Year 3 is “What is Mental Health?” and the first lesson in Year 6 is “Coping and Self-Care”. Within the Muse Wellbeing portal, teachers can also access a yearly overview for each year group across all three themes. These overviews outline the main learning objectives and supporting sub-learning objectives, helping teachers see clear progression across the year.
With a whole-school Muse Wellbeing subscription, teachers have unlimited access to all lessons and resources within the PSHE curriculum, alongside automatic updates to materials and ongoing support from the Muse Wellbeing team. All content is hosted on the Muse Wellbeing website and accessed securely through the Muse portal.
Across Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, each classroom has access to 36 lessons, giving a total of 216 lessons across the whole of primary school. The Muse curriculum is designed to be delivered weekly using pre-planned and fully resourced lessons. Each lesson lasts between 30 and 50 minutes and follows a progressive sequence of learning objectives and skills.
Each of the 216 lessons available through the Muse Wellbeing portal includes a detailed lesson plan, lesson slides, core learning resources and additional materials where appropriate. Every lesson plan includes guidance for differentiation and extension, supporting both pupils with SEND and those ready for further challenge. This structured approach reduces teacher workload and supports consistent delivery of a high-quality PSHE curriculum across the school.
Lessons are organised into three main themes, which are further broken down into six half-termly units:
Term 1: Health and Wellbeing
1:1 – Healthy Minds and Healthy Bodies
1:2 – Growth and Change
Term 2: Understanding Relationships
2:1 – Positive Relationships
2:2 – Respecting Others and Ourselves
Term 3: The World Around Us
3:1 – Thinking Locally and Globally
3:2 – Economic Wellbeing and Reflection
This structure is used consistently from Year 1 through to Year 6, with lessons building progressively to develop deeper knowledge and understanding as pupils move through the PSHE curriculum.
For example, the first lesson in Year 1 is titled “How Do You Feel Today?”, the first lesson in Year 3 is “What is Mental Health?” and the first lesson in Year 6 is “Coping and Self-Care”. Within the Muse Wellbeing portal, teachers can also access a yearly overview for each year group across all three themes. These overviews outline the main learning objectives and supporting sub-learning objectives, helping teachers see clear progression across the year.
With a whole-school Muse Wellbeing subscription, teachers have unlimited access to all lessons and resources within the PSHE curriculum, alongside automatic updates to materials and ongoing support from the Muse Wellbeing team. All content is hosted on the Muse Wellbeing website and accessed securely through the Muse portal.
Is the Muse Wellbeing Scheme of Work Free?
Muse Wellbeing is currently in an active development phase, during which the PSHE and RSE scheme of work is regularly reviewed and improved to ensure it continues to meet the needs of primary schools. Updates and refinements are informed by ongoing feedback from teachers and pupils.
During this period, schools can access the Muse Wellbeing scheme of work free of charge until September 2027, while the curriculum continues to evolve and expand.
During this period, schools can access the Muse Wellbeing scheme of work free of charge until September 2027, while the curriculum continues to evolve and expand.
Final Thoughts: Using a PSHE Scheme of Work
There has never been a more important time to use a well-structured PSHE scheme of work. With increasing demands on teacher time and growing expectations around wellbeing, safeguarding and personal development, many schools are seeking high-quality resources that reduce planning workload while maintaining consistency and progression.
Muse Wellbeing is designed to support schools by providing a complete PSHE and RSE scheme of work that extends beyond statutory requirements to include areas such as digital safety, careers education, and local and global citizenship. Lessons span the full primary age range, enabling pupils to build knowledge and skills gradually over time and supporting a smooth transition into secondary RSHE education and life beyond primary school.
Muse Wellbeing is designed to support schools by providing a complete PSHE and RSE scheme of work that extends beyond statutory requirements to include areas such as digital safety, careers education, and local and global citizenship. Lessons span the full primary age range, enabling pupils to build knowledge and skills gradually over time and supporting a smooth transition into secondary RSHE education and life beyond primary school.
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