Bounds Green is a happy and successful school community because:
· We CHALLENGE every child to be ambitious and achieve success in their learning.
· We VALUE respect and responsibility, individuality and inclusivity, confidence and kindness.
· We NURTURE each unique child to value themselves and develop self-worth in order to thrive in life.
As a part of your child’s educational experience at Bounds Green School, we aim to promote personal wellbeing and development through a comprehensive taught programme of Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education that gives children and young people the knowledge, under-standing, attitudes and practical skills to live healthy, safe, productive and fulfilled lives, both now and in the future.
As you may already be aware, the Department for Education has announced changes to relationships and sex education following nationwide consultation. These changes were to come into effect from September 2020 but due to Covid 19, schools have been able to delay this until the summer term 2021. In the summer term all schools will be required to comply with the updated requirements. The statutory guidance can be found at:
The new guidance focuses on healthy relationships and keeping children safe in the modern world. It also covers a wide range of topics relating to physical and mental health, wellbeing, safeguarding and healthy relationships.
Learning about the emotional, social and physical aspects of growing up will give children and young people the information, skills and positive values to have safe, fulfilling relationships and help them take responsibility for their own well-being.
Consequently, from the summer term 2021, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE), along with Health Education, will be statutory, and form part of the National Curriculum.
This means that we have been reviewing our RSE curriculum and policy so we can be sure our RSE provision is appropriate for our pupils based on their:
Whilst we are sure that there will be differences of opinion about this, we hope that consulting with you will help to inform our schools’ decisions on when and how certain content is covered, and enable us to reach a general consensus. As part of our consultation, we would like your views on:
What is taught, and how, is ultimately a decision for the school and consultation does not provide a parental veto on curriculum content as schools are legally required to teach the National Curriculum. The right to withdraw children from some lessons is explained in the presentation video and in our FAQs document. You can see a copy of the Withdrawal letter at the bottom of this page, if you would like to request a copy, please contact the school.
As a school community, we are currently in unprecedented times which makes it a little more challenging to consult with you. To help you understand the curriculum requirements, we have placed information here on our website, which we would encourage you to read. Part of this is a Presentation for Parents, which we would ordinarily have shared with you in person, but instead we have created a video for you.
Video presentation and other documents to read include:
Here is PART 1 of the presentation video:
and here is PART 2:
Bounds Green Frequently Asked Questions RSE
The Bounds Green Relationship & Sex Education Policy has now been ratified by the Governors following the consultation mentioned below:
The online consultation questionnaire has now closed but you can still see a copy of the questions that were asked here:
The consultation questions on the questionnaire are as follows:
Your views are very important to us and we will respond to you on the outcome of this process in the autumn term.
Once we have considered all your feedback, the draft Relationships and Sex Education Policy will be amended and presented to the governors for approval.
On approval, the final policy will be uploaded on the website.
We hope this information and attached documents go some way to answer any questions you may have. If you have any queries or concerns regarding the consultation process, please do not hesitate to contact the school.
Multicultural Diversity Children -Booklist
RSE Primary Schools Guide for Parents