Lynda Fisher, director of Education and Lifelong Learning for Portsmouth City Council local education authority, said that making PSHE statutory would not ensure that it was delivered effectively.
She told Children Now: "Improving the support and training and the inter-agency work will make it really effective."
But she added: "The role of PSHE is increasingly important in helping young people to be better prepared to manage the array of personal issues in their lives to ensure that they do not impact negatively on their ability to succeed in school."
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