Leicestershire healthy schools

Relationships & Sex Education (RSE)

Relationships & Sex Education (RSE) aims to inform children and young people about relationships, emotions, sex &sexuality and sexual health. It enables them to develop personal and social skills and a positive attitude to sexual health and well-being.

RSE starts at home and is received from friends, television, films, magazines and school. It doesn’t just happen when we’re young: all through our lives we continue to learn about sex and relationships. It isn’t just about sex, it’s about relationships, and how people deal with each other. RSE is also a crucial part of growing up- our approach to relationships, the choices we make and our ability to keep ourselves safe is what marks us out as independent, free thinking adults.

RSE in schools is best delivered within the broader framework of personal social health & (economic) education (PSHE Education)

RSE is also seen as an important way to support young people to avoid teenage pregnancy & Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs).  It is recognised that parents must take the lead in instilling values in their children, but schools must help in equipping pupils with the information & the emotional & social skills to make safe and healthy choices.
 

Read more about The National Picture and The Local Picture

This section includes downloadable resources organised under the following categories:

• Example Policies
• Teaching & Learning Materials
• Useful Information

New and Noteworthy...

• Sex and Relationships Education Schemes of Work – Foundation Stage to Key Stage 4
• Review Panel on SRE and the impact on Teenage Pregnancy
• Research Report- Understanding young people’s behaviour, attitudes, perceptions and influences in relationships to sex, sexual health and teenage pregnancy
• Red Box (Contraceptive Box) final report
• A brief outlining the main points of the Draft SRE Guidance- April 2010.
• The Teenage Pregnancy Independent Advisory Group published its final report in December 2010 outlining past successes and future challenges
• Sex Education Forum updated resource list.   The Sex Education Forum has recently produced an up to date RSE Resources List for primary and secondary schools 
• The RSE needs & priorities at different key stages have been highlighted in a recently developed briefing document. 

The Leicestershire Healthy Schools Programme has developed Relationships & Sex Education: A core curriculum for Leicestershire - a practical resource and good practice guide.

This resource recognises the pressures placed on schools and offers a comprehensive realistic RSE programme that will support schools to equip children and young people with the knowledge, understanding and skills they need.  The term Relationships & Sex Education (RSE) is used in Leicestershire rather than Sex & Relationships Education (SRE) or Sex Education.  This is to stress that our approach goes beyond biological information to also focus on clarifying attitudes and values and developing self esteem and the skills to manage relationships.  RSE should be delivered within a safe and supportive environment within the broad context of PSHE.

This guidance looks at the rationale of RSE, current legislation and guidance, good practice in the delivery of RSE. It also provides a curriculum overview, information, resources, support and examples of good practice; to download a copy click here 

The House of Lords Select Committee on HIV & AIDs have recently published a report urging that SRE becomes part of the National Curriculum.  For further information, click on the link below:

http://alturl.com/bxse8