Evaluation of In:tuition - life-skills based interactive teaching resource for primary and secondary schools (study 1 –10-and 11-year-old children)

INTERVENTION: Interventions as of 06/02/2017: Schools are randomly allocated to intervention and control. Schools were randomised in five blocks. Block sizes are 46, 12, 10, 10 and 1. Schools are aware of their group allocation when they completed the baseline questionnaires, as they are simultaneously notified of their group and asked to complete questionnaires. Intervention arm: The primary school programme consists of 12 lessons (a period of 40 minutes is recommended for each lesson). Alcohol is its theme but the focus is much wider and also includes: 1. Self‐awareness 2. Attitudes and behaviour 3. Advertising, branding and the media 4. Personal choices 5. Emotions, communication skills and assertive behaviour 6. The influence of peers 7. Toal setting and confidence. In:tuition uses a ‘life skills approach’ to help pupils learn and practice some important skills such as communication, working as a team and decision‐making. The programme can be delivered through Personal, Social, and Health Education (PSHE) and Citizenship teaching but schools can also adopt a cross‐curricular approach. Some digital tools are included, but each lesson has a paper‐based alternative available to download. Home learning tasks are included to encourage discussion with parents/carers and promote consistent messages to young people at home and school. Control arm: Control schools continued with their normal PSHE/alcohol education curriculum. Original interventions: In:tuition is a free life‐skills based interactive teaching resource for primary and secondary schools developed by alcohol education charity Drinkaware. Duration of intervention: 12 weeks of one lesson per week. The participants are randomised to two groups: The experimental group will consist of 875 pupils across 35 schools who shall receive the In:tuition programme over 12 weeks; one lesson per week. The control group will consist of 875 pupils across 35 schools who shall receive their normal Personal, Social and Health edu CONDITION: Peer pressure management in children ; Not Applicable ; Peer pressure management in children PRIMARY OUTCOME: 1. Resistance skills (confidence to manage peer pressure); ; All outcomes are measured using a bespoke questionnaire that consisted of new questions, questions from Fuller (2013) and questions from Lynch et al. (2013) at baseline and 12 months. SECONDARY OUTCOME: 1. Knowledge of health effects of alcohol ; 2. Decision‐making skills; 3. Understanding of social norms relating to alcohol; ; All outcomes are measured using a bespoke questionnaire that consisted of new questions, questions from Fuller (2013) and questions from Lynch et al. (2013) at baseline and 12 months. INCLUSION CRITERIA: Students in year 5 of primary school