From September 2020, schools will have to teach Relationships and Health Education.

You can read about these changes in this DfE guide for parents< here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-sex-and-health-education-guides-for-schools The DfE also strongly encourages primary schools to deliver sex education to help prepare children for their transition to secondary school.

Most schools are already delivering very effective Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and the new guidance is simply about ensuring that all children get the information they need and want. The lessons will help children to learn about their bodies including the changes that take place at puberty, and will help keep them safe, so they can form healthy relationships (friendships) with others, now and in the future.

At our school we are using the leading children’s health and wellbeing charity, Coram Life Education (CLE) to support us in meeting these legal requirements. We do this in a two ways:

• A visit from a trained educator who will deliver aspects of the Relationships Education and Health Education programme

• Using Coram Life Education’s online SCARF teaching resources.

More information about Coram Life Education and SCARF can be found on their website:

www.coramlifeeducation.org.uk