The Department for Education has introduced new relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education guidance that schools are required to follow from 1st September 2026. 

Consequently, Omega Multi-Academy Trust are consulting on our Relationships and Sex Education Policy, with the consultation opening on 8th June and closing on 29th June 2026.  Our schools have worked hard to make sure their curriculum meets the DfE’s new requirements, as well as the needs of all pupils and takes account of; 

  • Pupils’ ages and developmental stages, as well as their physical and emotional maturity and cultural and religious backgrounds
  • Every pupil’s learning needs, including the needs of any pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) 
  • The vision and values of our schools 
  • What pupils need to know to be healthy and safe in school, in their personal relationships and in the wider world 

Our Relationship and Sex Education Policy has been updated to reflect the new guidance. 

Our aims for this consultation are to: 

  • Explain the changes to our RSE Policy for September 2026 
  • Explain how we currently teach RSE, and get your views on how well this curriculum works 
  • Get your views on what else you think our RSE curriculum should cover 
  • Explain how we’ll develop our updated curriculum and offer support to you to discuss some key topics at home with your child. 

Please do take the time to read the information and resources linked below and provide us with your feedback. The deadline for responding to the consultation is 29th June 2026. The information and resources will be available for you to access across the remainder of this academic year and following the consultation. Once we have considered all of your comments, we will feedback our findings and update our RSE policy, which will confirm our proposed curriculum and be ratified by Trustees. 

As always, we thank you for your continued support and look forward to working with you and receiving your feedback.

Feedback Form - Relationships and Sex Education Policy Consultation

Under the Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019, the government made Relationships Education part of the basic curriculum for primary pupils and therefore compulsory at  schools (including maintained schools and academies). In July 2025, The Department for Education (DfE) published revised Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education guidance. It is the first major update since 2019 and will become statutory from September 2026.

The consultation will open on 8th June and close on 29th June 2026. Individual academy schools will provide feedback to parents/carers via their consultation website on 6th July 2026.

Depending upon the age of your child, they will learn about stages in the growth and development of humans, the changes they will experience in puberty, how to develop and maintain healthy relationships and will have an understanding of relationships in different contexts. They will not be taught sex education in primary schools outside of the National Curriculum for primary science. Please see Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 of the Draft RSE Policy for more detailed breakdown according to age.

You can respond to the consultation online through the link provided on your child’s school website. Parents and carers will be sent a link to this website by their child’s school. On this website you will find the draft Relationships and Sex Education Policy, long term plans outlining the curriculum for different year groups and a link to online survey which will enable you to provide feedback.

Parents do not have the right to withdraw their children from relationships education. Parents have the right to withdraw their children from the non-statutory/non-science components of sex education within RSE. At primary school, we do not teach sex education outside of the National Curriculum for primary science, so there is no right to withdraw pupils. There is further guidance on this in Section 9 of the draft RSE policy.

Class teachers (primary) Form tutors and teachers (secondary) generally deliver RSE with support from other professionals where appropriate. Class teachers/Form tutors work closely with their students and we believe that, through the relationships built, they are usually the best people to work with the students on many of the RSE topics as they are aware of each student's individual circumstances and are in the best position to support each student.

Feedback will be provided during the week beginning 6th July and it will be posted on the consultation website. We will inform parents/carers once the feedback has been posted.

Any RSE lesson may consider questions or issues that some students will find sensitive. Before embarking on these lessons ground rules are established in accordance with our usual expectations which prohibit inappropriate personal information being requested or disclosed by those taking part in the lesson. When students ask questions, we aim to answer them honestly, within the ground rules established at the start of the sessions, so each person feels comfortable and encouraged to participate fully. Any student who raises questions beyond the primary curriculum will be sensitively supported on an individual basis.

RSE Consultation Documents