Guidance

Character education framework

Non-statutory guidance to schools on character education and development for pupils.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 5 November 2019
• Last updated: 11 November 2019
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  1. 11 November 2019

     Updated to remove an out of date case study.

  2. 5 November 2019

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Character education framework

Ref: DfE-00235-2019

PDF, 283 KB, 28 pages

Details

This guidance is for school leaders and teachers considering the rationale for character education and personal development, and the practicalities of provision and delivery.

The guidance will support schools as they consider:

• the 2019 Ofsted inspection framework
• the social, moral, cultural and spiritual development of pupils
• preparations for the introduction of ‘Relationships education’ and ‘Health education’ in primary schools, and ‘Relationships, sex and health education’ in secondary schools

The guidance provides schools with 6 benchmarking questions to support reflection and the self-evaluation of current provision.