Your requirements
All schools with a secondary phase (including all-through and middle schools) need to provide:
- Relationships and sex education (RSE)
- Health education
This is set out on page 10 the DfE's statutory guidance on relationships education, relationships and sex education and health education (RSHE).
You must have an RSE policy
You must have an RSE policy in place and you must:
- Consult parents/carers to develop and review it
- Publish your RSE policy on your school's website
This requirement is outlined in sections 8 to 12 of the Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019.
It is referred to as a 'statement' in the legislation linked above, but the DfE confirmed that this refers to a policy.
Independent schools
All the requirements above apply, except around the new health education requirement, because you're already required to provide PSHE.
This is the case even if providers of teaching resources ask