2026 edition

The DfE Relationships, Health and Sex education guidance was updated in 2025

Schools are expected to review and update their provision, ensuring that it remains age-appropriate, inclusive and in line with statutory expectations.

Primary schools have trusted Teaching RSE with Confidence in Primary Schools for many years. This sixth edition builds on that experience, carefully updating the resource to reflect the 2025 statutory guidance while staying true to what teachers know works in the classroom.

A trusted primary RSE resource

This resource has supported primary schools to teach Relationships and Sex Education with confidence for many years. It has been used by teachers and PSHE leads across a range of school contexts and has been refined over time in response to classroom experience, safeguarding practice and feedback from schools.

The core ethos remains the same: calm, age-appropriate teaching that puts pupil wellbeing and teacher confidence at the centre.

Carefully updated for 2026

The DfE update to the statutory guidance does not require schools to start again. Instead schools should build on existing practice, review their current curriculum, ensure that it covers the updated objectives and most importantly meets pupil need.

This sixth edition has been carefully reviewed and updated to reflect the guidance, ensuring content remains age-appropriate, inclusive and clearly linked to safeguarding expectations, while continuing to support teachers to deliver with confidence

What’s improved in this edition

This edition strengthens what schools already value about the resource. Learning intentions have been tightened, success criteria are pupil-facing, and lesson structures have been refined . All existing content has been updated and seven additional lessons have been added.

Language has been reviewed for clarity and consistency across year groups, supporting progression and helping schools demonstrate how RSE is taught clearly and thoughtfully. All illustrations have been updated