For schools
If your school is reviewing RSE this year, the work tends to arrive in two halves. One half is the policy, the curriculum map and the letter to parents. The other half is preparing the teacher who will lead a difficult conversation in the classroom. The writing collected here is for school staff working on either half.
Reviewing your curriculum and policy
Start with How to review your RSE against the 2026 guidance if you are putting your curriculum map next to the revised DfE guidance and trying to work out which gaps matter first. It starts with the lessons pupils are about to receive, names the sections worth reading closely, and works back to the policy and the information families have been given.
For a phase-specific starting point, read the primary RSE guidance or the secondary RSE guidance. The RSE policy checklist and questions for governors can help organise the policy review and the discussion that follows.
For work with families, start with consulting parents on your RSE policy and the parental right to withdraw. Reducing withdrawals through parent consultation looks at the conversations and classroom activities that can help parents understand the teaching.
Primary leads planning the puberty sequence will find the decisions set out in Teaching Puberty Before It Happens: A Guide for Primary Schools, including when to teach it, why every pupil learns about menstruation, and how to handle the questions that follow a parent letter. In special schools the planning starts from a different place, and A Complete Guide to Developing RSE in Special Schools works through policy, curriculum design, staff confidence and parent engagement for pupils with complex needs.
Teaching the topics that are hardest to get right
If you teach RSE alongside another subject, Teaching the hard topics when you're not a specialist is about what happens in the room when the topic is uncomfortable and you are the adult holding it: preparing the moments you are dreading, what to do with a question you weren't expecting, and who to turn to when a topic is too much to carry alone.
Talking to Boys About Masculinity, Misogyny and Online Influencers is about the class where someone quotes an influencer and the room turns to watch you. How to Teach Consent Beyond “No Means No” goes past the legal definition into the grey areas pupils raise. Sharing Nudes, Sextortion and Deepfakes: What Schools Need to Know in 2026 covers what has changed online and how a lesson can handle blame and reporting alongside your safeguarding arrangements.
Bringing someone in
Reading is sometimes enough. When you need help making the policy and the teaching describe the same programme, RSE policy and curriculum planning gives you support with both. Teaching teams can use RSE training to prepare for the work in the classroom.
For direct delivery, a drop day puts a Tailor educator in front of your year group for the day. Whole-school SEND placements have a separate RSE in special schools offer, built for pupils on EHCPs.
If you are not sure which of those fits, the services overview sets out the full range, including primary, secondary and alternative provision. Start with a conversation about where your school is now, and we will work out what would help most.
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