Description
From September 2026, all schools will be expected to deliver Relationships, Sex and Health Education in line with updated statutory guidance. While much of RSHE remains familiar, the new guidance brings greater clarity, stronger safeguarding expectations and increased emphasis on curriculum quality, sequencing and transparency.
To support schools in preparing confidently and compliantly, we are offering a comprehensive training course:
RSHE 2026: Clarity, Confidence and Compliance
Preparing Schools for the New Statutory Guidance
This course is designed for headteachers, senior leaders, governors, RSHE/PSHE leads, safeguarding leads and teaching staff, and focuses on turning statutory expectations into high-quality curriculum design and effective classroom practice.
How the training will support your school
The training will support you to:
- Gain a clear understanding of what has changed, what has been strengthened and what is now expected under the 2026 RSHE guidance
- Develop an exceptional, well-sequenced RSHE curriculum that clearly builds knowledge and skills from primary to secondary
- Translate statutory content into age-appropriate, inclusive and engaging teaching and learning, rather than disconnected lessons
- Strengthen curriculum intent so RSHE is purposeful, preventative and clearly rooted in safeguarding
- Ensure RSHE teaching reflects best practice pedagogy, including participative learning, safe discussion, distancing techniques and effective handling of sensitive questions
- Support teachers to feel confident, skilled and protected when delivering complex or sensitive content
- Review and refine assessment, monitoring and evaluation approaches so they support learning rather than over-assessment
- Ensure RSHE is accessible to all pupils, including those with SEND and additional vulnerabilities
- Embed RSHE within a whole-school approach, aligned with behaviour, safeguarding, equality and wellbeing policies
- Confidently navigate sex education and parental withdrawal, ensuring lawful practice while maintaining curriculum integrity
- Build transparent, constructive relationships with parents, including clear communication about curriculum content and materials
- Prepare leaders and governors to evidence curriculum quality, compliance and impact for inspection and governance scrutiny
Key areas covered include:
- Policy and curriculum readiness
- Producing a high-quality RSHE curriculum aligned to statutory end points
- Teaching and learning approaches that support safety, inclusion and engagement
- Sex education: clarity, boundaries and legal responsibilities
- Preparing and supporting staff
- Parent and community engagement
- Pupil voice, safeguarding and inclusive practice
- Implementation, monitoring and evaluation
