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<p>The new subjects of relationships education (for primary age pupils), relationships
and sex education (for secondary age pupils) and health education (for all pupils
in state-funded schools) will become compulsory in September 2020. Many schools are
already teaching aspects of these subjects as part of their sex and relationship education
provision or personal, social, health and economic education programme. Schools have
flexibility to determine how to deliver the new content in the context of a broad
and balanced curriculum.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is investing in a central programme
of support for the new subjects, which is planned to be available to all teachers
from spring 2020. The programme will focus on tools that improve schools’ practice
and will offer opportunities for teachers to improve subject knowledge, build confidence
and share best practice. The Department’s internal budgets for 2020-21, including
supporting the implementation of the new subjects, have not yet been set and this
will be confirmed in due course.</p><p> </p><p>This support will be accessed through
a new online service and will include an implementation guide, which will accompany
the statutory guidance, case studies from early adopter schools, and innovative materials
to support staff training.</p><p> </p><p>We will ensure that all of the Department’s
materials supporting implementation of the new subjects are inclusive, and recognise
fully the need to disseminate the good practice in teaching about LGBT relationships
that is seen in large numbers of our schools as well as the importance of reflecting
the needs of pupils with a special educational need or disability when planning the
curriculum for these subjects.</p>
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