Teach courage properly — in whatever slot you’ve got. This complete KS3 character unit gives you THREE ready-to-teach ways to deliver the same six-session arc:

ASSEMBLY — a ready-to-read launch assembly (script + slides) to introduce courage to a year group.
FORM TUTOR (15–20 min) — six NO-PREP tutor-time sessions: a simple script that tells a non-specialist tutor exactly what to say, with slides.
FULL LESSONS (50–60 min) — six detailed lessons for PSHE/character specialists, with activities, a pupil worksheet and model answers.

Launch with the assembly, then follow up in tutor time OR full lessons.

The six sessions build real, wise courage — not a poster: What is courage? (feeling the fear and acting anyway) · Courage, cowardice & recklessness (the wise middle) · Moral courage (doing right when it’s unpopular) · From bystander to upstander (safe, everyday courage for others) · Facing fears & stepping out · Courage in action (practical wisdom + a personal courage plan).

ALSO INCLUDED: a Teacher Guide (how character is ‘caught, taught and sought’), a one-page Knowledge Organiser, and a Pupil Reflection Journal.

Aligned to the Jubilee Centre Framework for Character Education and the DfE Character Education Framework (2019). Secular and faith-compatible. Character is reflected on, never graded. Sessions 3 & 4 (moral courage; bystander/upstander) carry safeguarding notes.

30 files: 17 documents + 13 editable slide decks.

Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Jubilee Centre or the DfE.

Aligned to the Jubilee Centre Framework for Character Education in Schools (3rd revised edition, 2022; © University of Birmingham / Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues; source: ) and to the Department for Education’s Character Education Framework guidance (2019; © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0).

This resource draws on the concepts of virtue-based character education — including the virtue families and the idea of practical wisdom — but does not reproduce the Jubilee Centre’s framework text, tables or materials.

Not affiliated with, endorsed by or produced by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, the University of Birmingham or the DfE.

All lesson content, slides, artwork and wording are original to Verity Education. © Verity Education 2026. Licensed for use within the purchasing school.