RSHE
What is RSHE?
RSHE supports pupils to develop healthy relationships, understand physical and mental wellbeing, stay safe online and offline and prepare for adult life.
Our curriculum is delivered through:
- Curriculum lessons
- Tutor time
- Assemblies
- Specialist visitors and external agencies
Our RSHE Curriculum
Our curriculum is carefully sequenced from Year 7 to Post-16, ensuring that learning is age appropriate and builds progressively over time.
Topics include:
- Healthy relationships
- Consent and boundaries
- Online safety
- Artificial intelligence and deepfakes
- Mental wellbeing
- Physical health
- Substance misuse
- Personal safety
- Sexual health
- Equality and respect
- Diversity and inclusion
Safe Learning Environment
RSHE is delivered in a safe and respectful learning environment where pupils are encouraged to explore ideas, ask questions and consider different viewpoints appropriately.
Classroom discussions are supported through agreed ground rules that promote:
- Respect
- Tolerance
- Individual liberty
- Responsibility
- Safeguarding
Lessons are delivered by trained staff who are supported to manage sensitive topics appropriately.
safe learning environment ground rules.pdf
Working with Parents and Carers
We recognise that parents and carers are the primary educators of their children and value their role in supporting relationships, sex and health education.
We are committed to transparency and will:
- publish our RSHE policy
- publish curriculum overviews
- provide information about what pupils will learn
- make teaching materials available for review upon request
- consult with parents on our policy and provision
Parents are entitled to request that their child be withdrawn from those elements of sex education that are not part of the statutory science curriculum.
https://www.matravers.wilts.sch.uk/docs/policies/RSHE_Policy_Sept_2026.pdf