Learn more about Relationship Education
From September 2026, the government is introducing some changes to the Relationship Education curriculum, (sometimes called the Relationships, Sex and Health Education) that all schools must teach their children.
What is Relationship Education?
Relationship Education for primary-aged children teaches children about families, caring friendships, respectful relationships, being safe and online safety with others. Since 2021, all schools have been required to teach Relationship Education and at Seymour Park we have always chosen to teach it as part of our Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) curriculum. Our children benefit from learning about each other and how to live safe, respectful and positive lives. Schools have been asked to add the new changes into the curriculum and then share that plan with staff, children, parents and our community. Although these new changes are small, they are statutory so we want to explain them here.
What has changed?
- a stronger focus on online safety and wellbeing. For example, pupils in KS2 will learn about online financial harms such as gaming, video game monetisation, scams and fraud – as well as the reasons for age restrictions on online content such as gambling websites and social media
- Year 2, 3 and 5 will learn about the risks and personal safety around water, roads, and railways
- Year 5 will use accurate terminology for body parts when learning that some parts of the body are private
We will continue teaching Relationship Education through our PSHE curriculum and have updated our curriculum and Relationship Education Policy to reflect the changes listed above. A consultation with our parents, staff and children showed they were happy with our plans so we have put the changes in place.
As always, we are happy to answer any questions you have and to hear your feedback however the formal consultation has now closed.
You can read our policy and a summary of our PSHE curriculum here:
SPCPS Relationship Education (RSE) Policy June 2026
May 2026 letter to parents:
Changes-to-PSHE-letter-May-2026.docx.pdf
