Personal, Social, Health Education (PSHE) and

Relationships & Sex Education (RSE)

Consultation

From September 2020, it is a statutory requirement that all schools in England and Wales are teaching Relationship and Sex Education as a fundamental part of the curriculum. Due to school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, this deadline was extended to Summer term 2021.

As part of implementing the RSE curriculum, school completed a stakeholder consultation in order to ensure that there is a general consensus on our approaches to policy and the curriculum content.

Policy Development

This policy has been developed in consultation with staff, pupils and parents. The consultation and policy development process involved the following steps:

1. Review – Clare Williams (Deputy Head Teacher) and Ruth Earles (RE / RSE lead) reviewed the policy, referencing DfE statutory guidance and Liverpool Archdiocese guidance. 
2. Staff consultation –  school staff were given the opportunity to complete a questionnaire regarding their understanding of RSHE and to identify CPD needs (January 2021)
3. Parent / stakeholder consultation – parents and carers were invited to provide feedback on draft policy and provision for RSHE through an online survey due to COVID-19 restrictions in place at the time of the policy review (February 2021)
4. Review - following additional discussion with staff,  'A Journey in Love' was agreed as our primary RSE programme of work, with the PSHE Jigsaw programme of work reviewed and specific lessons identified to support RSE teaching.
5. Information leaflets shared with parents / carers (May 2021) 
6. RSHE mapping across curriculum areas fully completed (July 2021)
7. Ratification – once final amendments were made, the policy was shared with governors and ratified (July 2021)

Our  PSHE / Health & Well-being Programme is Jigsaw; it offers a comprehensive programme in an age appropriate way, and may be used to supplement the RSE lessons, however the Liverpool Archdiocese recommendation of  'A Journey in Love' is our primary RSE programme of work,  a link of which can be found below.

If you wish to carry out further reading around RSE, the following documents may be of use to you: