Warden Hill Junior School

Relationships and Health Education

Relationships Education is compulsory in all primary schools in England, Relationships and Sex Education is compulsory in all secondary schools in England. Health Education is compulsory in all state-funded schools in England. Parents are not able to withdraw their children from these lessons.

At Warden Hill Junior School this work sits within our PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic) Education curriculum and covers healthy, respectful relationships, focusing on family and friendships, in all contexts, including online. There is also an emphasis on how to live a healthy and safe lifestyle, which includes mental health and how to seek help.

The resource we use for part of this work is the Christopher Winter programme of study, recommended for Luton schools by our Local Authority. This programme was agreed through consultation with parents and governors during 2019/2020, although full delivery of it was delayed until Summer 2022.

The lessons in the programme identified as Sex Education have been removed from our programme in line with this consultation. All lessons delivered are identified as Health and/or Relationships Education. The lessons do include age-appropriate references to the accurate names for body parts, the reproductive system and how the body changes during puberty. The overview of the programme can be viewed below.

We hold a meeting for parents prior to the delivery of these lessons so that parents can view the resources to be used in full.

If you have any questions, please contact Mrs Nichols who leads on PSHE Education, or Mrs Chambers is who is the link governor.

Learning Intentions

Useful links for parents:

WHJS Relationships and Health Education Policy 2024 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-sex-and-health-education-guides-for-schools