The Story Project

Resource type: Whole-school scheme

Price band: ££

Key stage: KS1, KS2, KS3

Region(s): All of UK

The Story Project is an award-winning, book-based PSHE and wellbeing curriculum for primary and secondary schools (Years 7 and 8).

The Story Project uses high-quality, contemporary texts as the starting point for a fully mapped, progressive curriculum that covers all statutory and key recommended PSHE objectives. Created by teachers and rooted in the latest research, The Story Project provides:

Fully resourced teaching units with lesson plans and presentations that can be adapted to suit the needs of each setting.
Staff training programme which is aligned to the NPQLTD framework.
Ongoing leadership support.
Access to a Membership area for all teaching staff.
A monthly newsletter with regular updates on changes to the statutory requirements.

Cost: Primary curriculum: £495 per year. Secondary curriculum: £195 per year.

About The Story Project: The Story Project is an award-winning social enterprise that uses the magic of stories to improve children’s wellbeing and literacy. It has been supporting schools to deliver a research-based, story-led PSHE curriculum with proven impact since 2016.

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All the texts used in The Story Project curriculum have been carefully selected to reflect diverse characters and stories and to promote discussion.
Free sample lesson plans for primary and secondary settings are available to download.
Using a book-based PSHE curriculum also promotes engagement with books and reading, and helps pupils develop key literacy and oracy skills.
The Story Project curriculum is a research-based programme that has been independently evaluated and shown to have a positive impact: 90% of teachers using the programme have seen a positive impact in children’s wellbeing with 76% of teachers also reporting a positive improvement in children’s literacy.
Teachers also report that the structured, story-based approach allows them to lead discussions on potentially difficult topics with greater confidence.
Member schools can download information sheets about the curriculum and how it works to share with parents and carers.
Primary schools that sign up for The Story Project will receive a fully funded set of books in their first year.
Winner of the TeachPrimary Award 2025 for Health and Wellbeing.