Relationships and Sex Education
Relationships and Sex Education Consultation - September 2023
At Archbishop Cranmer we are continually reviewing and reflecting on our curriculum effectiveness and its content to ensure that resources and materials provide the very best foundations for our teachers to adapt and provide the highest quality lessons for our pupils. Following a successful consultation in July 2020, we were able to implement the Christopher Winters scheme of work for our delivery of Relationships and Sex Education and the objectives that were made statutory from Summer Term 2021. After two academic years, we have made the decision to review our curriculum content to ensure that materials have maximum impact for our pupils in an age-appropriate and engaging way whilst also ensuring that our provision meets the government criteria.
We intend to implement the 'Growing Up with Yasmine and Tom' Relationships scheme of work, provided by the Family Planning Association. The materials have full coverage of the statutory objectives and provide a wide range of learning points which we feel will equip our pupils with knowledge and skills within this important area of their development and understanding. (For more information, please click here)
As part of this change to develop and review our policy, we would like to invite parents and carers to share their views as part of a consultation.
Here's how you can help:
Please share your feedback on the draft policy and curriculum using the below linked questionnaire.
The below documents will provide you with more information to support your feedback.
The consultation will be open until Friday 29th September 2023.
Many thanks for your continued support.
Relationships, Health and Sex Education at Archbishop Cranmer C of E Primary Academy
Relationships, Health and Sex Education (RHSE), previously known as Personal, Social, Health Education (PSHE), covers the following:
Relationships Education: building positive and healthy relationships with friends and family members, respect for others, online relationships, positive emotional and mental wellbeing and staying safe;
Sex Education: relationships and health, including puberty. This is not compulsory in primary school and parents have the right to withdraw their child/ren from these sessions.
Health Education: teaching the characteristics of good physical health and mental wellbeing.
More information can be found in the policy, linked below.
As part of the statutory requirements for teaching Relationships and Sex Education (RSE), we were required to consult with parents and carers as part of the development and review of our policy. Parent/ carer consultation took place in July 2020. Please find below copies of the updated and agreed policy, consultation report, statutory guidance and sample materials for which we implemented from September 2020 as part of our RSE curriculum. More information regarding our Relationships and Health strand of the curriculum can be found on our PSHE curriculum page or by visiting https://www.heartsmart.school.
Many thanks to those parents and carers who took the time to respond to our parent consultation: your feedback was greatly appreciated.
If you would like to discuss our RSE curriculum, please contact Mrs Hodgson (RHSE Lead) via the school office.