How Ofsted will assess RSE
Relationships and sex education (RSE) isn't inspected on its own - instead, Ofsted will consider this within your school's 'personal development' and 'leadership and management' judgements. Understand what requirements your school needs to meet and evidence it can present.
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Understand your school's requirements on relationships and health education: requirements from 2020.
How your RSE provision can affect judgements
If inspectors find your school is failing to meet its obligations, they'll consider this when reaching their 'personal development' and 'leadership and management' judgements.
See paragraph 319 of the school inspection handbook.
RSE within personal development
Ensures that RSE contributes to pupils' personal development Develops pupils’ age-appropriate understanding of healthy relationships through appropriate relationships and sex education Enables pupils to recognise online and offline risks to their wellbeing, including risks of sexual exploitation, domestic abuse, female genital mutilation and forced marriage – and making them aware of the support available to them Enables pupils to recognise the dangers of inappropriate use of mobile technology and social media Addresses sexual harassment, online abuse and sexual violence in its RSE and wider curriculum (see more on this in the final section of this
- How Ofsted inspects 'behaviour and attitudes'
- How Ofsted inspects governance
- How Ofsted inspects 'leadership and management'
- How Ofsted inspects 'personal development'
- How Ofsted inspects 'quality of education'
- How Ofsted inspects SEND provision
- How Ofsted inspects sixth forms
- How Ofsted judges 'overall effectiveness'
- Ofsted changes for the 2023/24 academic year: summary
- Ofsted inspection framework: what it means for your school
- Ofsted inspection: pupil premium spending
- Ofsted inspection: role of link governors and trustees
- Ofsted inspection: safeguarding
- Ofsted: latest updates
- Ofsted 'summary evaluations' of trusts: explainer
- School policies: what Ofsted is looking for
- Section 48 inspections
- Ungraded inspections for 'good' and 'outstanding' schools