1. The HEalthy Adolescent Relationships Training Study (HEARTS) is a project to evaluate the ArielTrust’s ‘FaceUp’ programme.

2. Pilot RCT
A randomised controlled trial (RCT) is generally considered the best way of finding out if an intervention works.
By evaluating the programme we can refine the resource to better support pupils and identify whether Face Up has an effect on young people’s dating relationships.

3. What will participating schools receive
Schools that take part will receive training
Access to a DVD of the resource and access to an online manual that includes:
Lesson plans and teachers notes developed with support from the PSHE Association
Additional activities and handouts to help teachers facilitate group discussions and provide differentiation
Ofsted and curriculum mapping

4. Autumn term 2015 – before Spring Half-term break 2016
Sep 2015 – Feb 2016
Recruitment and sign-up of schools
Collect active parental consent for pupils to take part in the HEARTS study (supported by schools/teachers)

5. After Spring Half-term break 2016
Feb – March 2016
1stPupil online questionnaires in all schools for Year 9 (supported by schools/ teachers)
Schools randomly allocated to intervention group (delivery in Year 9) and comparison group (delivery either after study completed or in Year 7 or Year 8)
FaceUp training for intervention schools (for teachers of Year 9) and comparison schools (for teachers of Year 7 and 8). IMPORTANT: Teachers that teach PSHE in Year 7 and 8 in the comparison schools need to be different from teachers teaching PSHE in Year 9.

6. Summer term 2016
Apr – June
Intervention schools deliver FaceUp (in full, for the first time) inYear 9; comparison group schools deliver Face Up in Year 7 and Year 8 (with different PSHE teachers than Year 9).
Teachers of Face Up in Year 9 complete short questionnaires after each lesson
End Jun/ Early July
2ndPupil online questionnaires in all schools for Year 9
(supported by schools/ teachers)
Short teacher questionnaire for all schools

7. Spring Half-term 2017 Jan- March 2017
3rd Pupil online questionnaires in all schools for Year 10 (who were Year 9 in previous school year)
Short teacher questionnaire for all schools

8. Summer term 2017
July 2017
Results made available