What is Relationships and Sex Education?
RSE (formerly SRE) is about the emotional, social and cultural development of pupils, and involves learning about relationships, sexual health, sexuality, healthy lifestyles, diversity and personal identity.
RSE involves a combination of sharing information and exploring issues and values. The subject is not about the promotion of sexual activity or a particular sexual orientation.
Intended outcomes
Once taught the full scheme, children will have met the objectives set out within the Relationships and Health Education statutory guidance and can utilise their learning within their daily lives, from dealing with friendship issues to resilience to making healthy choices and knowing where and how to get help when needed.
Parents and carers currently have the right to withdraw their children only from all or part of those elements of RSE which are not included in the statutory national curriculum Programmes of Study for Science. They are able to withdraw their children from those elements which fall within the non-statutory guidance for PSHE. They will be made aware of the forthcoming statutory changes to Relationships Education and Health Education and the effect this will have on their rights to withdraw. The school will make alternative arrangements for children whose parents or carers withdraw them, which will include supporting parents in finding ways to deliver the content at home.
Any parent or carer who wishes to withdraw their child from non-statutory elements of RSE should, in the first instance, contact the Head Teacher to discuss this further. There will be a discussion, to explain clearly which areas of RSE are currently statutory and which are non-statutory. We will enable parents wishing to withdraw their children from the non-statutory elements of RSE to develop their understanding of the Learning Objectives and approaches taken.
Relationship and Sex Education Policy Parent Consultation
As part of the process of updating the school's Relationship and Sex Education Policy in line with guidance from the Department for Education, we are inviting parents to share their views on our RSE policy. This is to ensure that our school's approach to Relationship and Sex Education addresses the needs of the local community, whilst also providing parents with the opportunity to help shape the way in which this area of the curriculum is delivered.
The consultation period will commence at 4.00pm on Monday 13th April 2026 and finish at 9.00am on Monday 18th May 2026. You can give your views by completing the consultation form.
The form can be accessed by visiting https://forms.office.com/e/QxeqdZLw1s.