Your school's requirements
All schools with a primary phase (including all-through and middle schools) need to provide:
- Relationships education
- Health education
This is set out in the DfE's statutory guidance.
Sex education is not compulsory
Primary schools do not need to teach sex education beyond the requirements of the National Curriculum for science.
It is down to your trust or school to decide whether to teach additional sex education content to meet the needs of its pupils.
Your school may already have age-appropriate sex education programmes in place. The DfE says there is no need to change these if your curriculum is working well.
This is set out in the 'Primary sex education (where taught)' section of the DfE's guidance on planning your relationships, sex and health curriculum.
Your school needs an up-to-date policy in place for RSE, and it must consult parents about any review or change