Resources for your Force Area
The purpose of the programme is to meet the policing priorities, DfE curriculum framework and Ofsted lines of inquiry in order to keep our children safe and prepare them for their future roles in society.
Phases of Intervention
Pol-Ed provides Schools, Police Forces and Community Organisations in Local Authorities with a wide-range of resources to be delivered to Children and Young People, as part of a phased approach to prevention and early intervention.
An education programme, written by teachers for teachers to use as part of the PSHE, RSHE, Citizenship and Personal Development Curriculum.
A range of educational inputs, created by subject matter experts and specialist departments within force.
A range of educational inputs to be delivered to those children who are on the periphery of falling into criminality.
How can Forces use Pol-Ed?
- Pol-Ed offers Forces a range of resources that can be used for educational purposes.
- Pol- Ed Schools offers a range of lessons, assemblies and assessment resources that are mapped out against the PSHE Programs of Study.
- The school resources must be given to schools for free in conjunction with the Pol-Ed contract.
- Our lessons have been created by subject matter experts and are quality assured by Police Officers in specialist departments to ensure all legalities are correct.
- As well as meeting statutory requirements of the RSHE (Relationship, Sex, Health Education), Pol-Ed covers subjects that may otherwise not be covered in other PSHE schemes but are vital for children to understand.
- Pol-Ed Police inputs provide a range of inputs to be given by Officers to students as assemblies or small group inputs.
- Pol-Ed ‘Intervention 22’ inputs can be delivered to young people who find themselves on the periphery of crime as part of an Outcome 22 finalisation or other Police disposals such as community resolutions.
- Pol-Ed Cadets will offer a fully resourced scheme of work for the cadets program.
- All Pol-Ed deliveries can be tracked showing when and where they have taken place.
Academic Research
At Pol-Ed, we want to ensure that all our resources are fit for purpose and meet the needs of Forces, schools, and children. During early 2023 a short research program of Pol-Ed was undertaken by Huddersfield University, some of the findings are below:
Throughout 2024 and into 2025, a new research project of Pol-Ed will be undertaken by Huddersfield University. Throughout the research, both teachers and pupils will be spoken to and asked a range of questions about the Pol-Ed resources. With the intention of learning about our scheme’s good points, areas for improvement but also the impact the lessons and assemblies have had on them.
Teachers
- Increased confidence in delivering material (part. complex or sensitive issues)
- 'Quality assurance' of police involvement in materials
- Greater student retention of information.
- Positive feedback.
School Communities
- Raised awareness of various community issues (e.g. alcohol, cyber-related crime).
- Helps breakdown misperceptions (e.g. learned in home).
- Greater understanding and appreciation of police role in community
Students
- Increased knowledge and awareness of risk.
- Greater awareness of issues in communities - also demonstrated how to keep themselves safe.
- More knowledge of role of police in society, more positive perceptions, 'trusted people'.
Testimonials from our forces
I have been teaching PSHE for over 20 years and these are the best set of resources that have ever come out and they are free and so up to date and relevant.
Mrs R. VernonWoodhouse Grove School - Bradford
The Pol-Ed materials helped my class understand the importance of making good and informed decisions. The materials are easy to use – everything you need is included. All the lessons are engaging, interactive, well-designed and age appropriate. Because they are so well written, our SLT have now included the units throughout our PSHE curriculum.
Mrs K. HemingwayGomersal St. Mary’s CE(C) Primary School - Kirklees
