Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE)

At Upton Primary School, we are committed to helping every child understand themselves, build healthy and respectful relationships and keep themselves safe. Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) is part of our Personal, Social, Health and Economic education (PSHE). It is taught from Nursery to Year 6 through One Life, alongside our online safety lessons and our weekly Safeguarding Question of the Week.

In the summer term, we add our own Upton RHSE lessons from Reception to Year 6, planned to meet the needs of our school and community and mapped against the statutory guidance. These lessons are planned carefully for each age group and include keeping clean and healthy, families, naming body parts and staying safe using the NSPCC PANTS rule, bullying, money and the changes that happen during puberty. We share the materials for our PANTS lesson with parents and carers before it is taught.

Relationships Education and Health Education are statutory under the Children and Social Work Act 2017, so all children take part in them. We recognise that parents and carers have the right to withdraw their child from sex education that is not part of the science curriculum. At Upton, this is one lesson: our Year 6 lesson on conception and birth, which is taught in July. If you wish to withdraw your child from this lesson, we kindly request that you inform the school in writing. We will then arrange a discussion to understand your concerns and agree what your child will do during the lesson. While we respect every family's decision, we encourage parents and carers to consider the value of this lesson in helping children to understand their bodies and to keep themselves safe. Full details are in our RSE Policy and our Right to Withdraw Policy. You can find all of our policies in the Policies section of our website.

To find out more about the content of our RSHE curriculum, please see our PSHE Long Term Plan. If you would like to look at the materials we use, please contact the school office.

To find out more, please contact the school office on 01977 650820 or office@upton.wakefield.sch.uk, or speak to your child's class teacher.