The Department for Education recently published the new draft guidance for schools on Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education. This guidance replaces the previous guidance on Sex and Relationships Education which was published in 2000. From September 2020, it will be mandatory for all schools to teach these subjects in line with the new guidance.
Next steps
- Haringey Public Health is developing a mailing list of school PSHE leads, to provide information and support with implementing the new guidance. Please ensure that your PSHE lead is included on this mailing list by contacting healthy.schools@haringey.gov.uk.
- The Sex Education Forum and PSHE Association has produced a roadmap of 10 key steps to provide high quality Relationships Education, RSE and Health Education. The map offers a comprehensive breakdown of the actions for schools to help prepare for these subjects becoming statutory.
- The Department for Education is looking for schools, who are already teaching a comprehensive programme of RSE, to become early adopters of the new guidance from September 2019. See the attached guidance for further information, and register as an early adopter school via the following link. Please also notify healthy.schools@haringey.gov.uk if you are considering becoming an early adopter.
- For further information, please contact Meinir Jones healthy.schools@haringey.gov.uk.