RSE training

Consent, pressure and power

Training on teaching consent beyond the legal definition, including pressure, power and consent online.

Twilight: 90 minutes, £450
Half day: 3 hours, £650
Full day: 5.5 hours, £950
For: Secondary, post-16 and youth settings
Group size: Up to 20 per facilitator
Travel: At cost

Why this training

Consent is statutory content, and the legal definition is where teaching it starts. This session covers what the definition leaves open: pressure and persistence, alcohol, age gaps, status, and consent for images and messages.

One distinction runs through it: the difference between what is legal, what is consensual, what is healthy and what is ethical. It builds on our article How to teach consent beyond “no means no”.

What staff will be able to do

Teach the legal definition of consent accurately, including the age of consent.
Explain how pressure, alcohol, age and status affect whether consent is freely given.
Distinguish between what is legal, consensual, healthy and ethical, and teach pupils to do the same.
Teach consent for images and messages as well as in person.
Respond if a pupil discloses something during or after a lesson.

What it covers

The law

Consent, capacity and the age of consent, taught accurately and in plain language.

Pressure and power

Persistence, guilt, alcohol, age gaps and status, and how each one affects consent.

Consent online

Sharing images and messages, and the pressure to send them.

Disclosures

What to say if a pupil discloses, and what to do afterwards, aligned with KCSIE.

Choose a length

What each length covers below is a typical outline. Every session is planned with you, so the content is adjusted to fit your staff and your school. Prices are per session, for one school, with up to 20 staff per facilitator, plus travel at cost. Every member of staff receives a certificate of completion and keeps the resources from the day.

Typical twilight, 90 minutes, £450

The law, the difference between legal, consensual, healthy and ethical, and pressure and power.

Typical half day, 3 hours, £650

Everything in the twilight, plus consent online and practising answers to pupil questions in small groups.

Typical full day, 5.5 hours, £950

Everything in the half day, plus disclosures in depth and time to plan a consent sequence for your own year groups.

Questions this training prepares staff for

Questions pupils handed us anonymously, on paper, in schools we have worked in. Printed as they were written. Every one is answered in full on Okay to Ask.

Questions about this session

Does it cover the law?

Yes. The age of consent, capacity and the law on sharing images of under-18s are all covered, accurately and in plain language.

Is it suitable for primary staff?

It's written for secondary, post-16 and youth settings. Primary RSE covers the foundations of consent for younger children, including boundaries and asking permission.