Relationship, Sex and Health education

Relationship, sex and health (RSHE) education focuses on helping pupils make informed choices about their relationships, physical and mental health. Our RSHE programme runs alongside our PSHE and Science programmes and is tailored to our pupils to ensure it is both beneficial and appropriate. We endeavour to ensure that our RSHE programme is inclusive of all pupils, regardless of background, sexuality, race or gender.  RSHE at Oaklands is delivered in a sensitive manner by experienced teachers. Content will include information and learning about:

• Characteristics of a healthy relationship, including friendships
• Different types of long-term relationships, including marriage and civil partnerships
• Growing up and the changing adolescent body
• Strategies to resist sexual pressure, peer pressure and pressure from the media
• Acceptable and unacceptable behaviour in relationships
• Safer sex, contraceptives and sexual health
• Benefits of healthy relationships to pupils' mental wellbeing and self-respect
• Facts and the law about sex, sexuality, sexual health and gender identity in an age-appropriate and inclusive way
• Unsafe relationships including; grooming, sexual exploitation, domestic abuse, coercive and controlling behaviour
• Internet safety and harmful online behaviours
• Reproductive health, pregnancy and parenting

At Oaklands, RSHE is taught across all year groups in both KS3 and KS4. Our RSHE education is grouped into 3 themes:

• Respectful Relationships
• Feelings and Attitudes
• Families and Growing Up

RSHE Curriculum Overview

KS3

	Autumn Term Respectful Relationships	Spring Term Feelings & Attitudes	Summer Term Families & Growing Up
Year 7	Characteristics of positive relationships	Changing feelings	Changing body
Year 8	Online relationships	Equality and diversity	Long term relationships
Year 9	Sexual pressure and consent	Contraceptives and safer sex	Break ups and conflict

KS4

	Autumn Term Feelings & Attitudes	Spring Term Respectful Relationships	Summer Term Families & Growing Up
Year 10	Risky behaviours & STI’s	Unsafe relationships	Online and media
Year 11	Reproductive health and pregnancy	Unsafe relationships	Parenting

For further information, please read our RSHE school policy.