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School leaders call for PSHE to be given statutory status alongside RSE

Pastoral issues PSHE Curriculum Government policy
Following the decision to make relationships and sex education (RSE) a statutory subject, the government must also give PSHE similar status, school leaders have urged.

The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) is warning that PSHE and RSE do not enjoy the same status as other subjects.

After years of campaigning by a variety of organisations, the government earlier this year agreed to make RSE a statutory subject and work is currently underway on draft regulations and content guidelines, expected to be published in draft form next year.

Currently, RSE – which will be known as relationships education in primary schools – is scheduled to become statutory in September 2019. It is to be made part of the basic school curriculum.

Statutory status was given via the Children and Social Work Act, passed earlier this year.

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