PSHE inc Relationships Education (RHE)

From September 2020, it became a statutory requirement that all schools in England teach Relationship and Health Education as a fundamental part of the curriculum. 

This September (2025), we have adopted a new award winning scheme of learning called '1decision' to enhance our Personal Social and Health Education offer; this scheme also covers Relationships too. We are really excited to deliver what this scheme brings with its interactive videos and teaching materials to aid and further support discussions in the classroom. 

We believe that our personal potential offer at Rivers is really strong and this additional resource will ensure all pupils' continue to receive a broad and ambitious curriculum offer. 

This comprehensive schemes resources are mapped to the PSHE Association’s Programme of Study and has held the PSHE Association kitemark for over a decade. The PSHE Association no longer kite marks whole school programmes, but when they did, this scheme was recognised.  

Having reviewed the content of this scheme, we have decided not to teach sex education and there will therefore be one less unit taught in Year 6. On the Y4-6 Curriculum Coverage document below, this is the Y6 Conception unit (page 10). All other year groups do not branch into sex education and therefore, parents do not have the right to withdraw pupils from other lessons. 

On the downloads below, you can find all of the relevant documentation to further support your understanding of how this subject will be taught in schools and you can also visit the 1decision website https://www.1decision.co.uk/ if you wish.

If you have any questions about what your child will be learning, please do not hesitate to contact the school office and your child's teacher will be in touch.

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