Charles Darwin School (CDS) Programme

The CDS RSHE Curriculum is delivered in Relationships and Sex (RSHE) education lessons within: -

1. The personal development programme (RSHE curriculum shown below)
2. The drama curriculum
3. The tutorial programme
4. The assembly and visiting speaker/organisation programme

In the year 2021-2022, CDS piloted the RE: SET project with the Arts charity Tender to become a Healthy Relationship Champion school. This status is held for three years.

Our 2023 Ofsted visit noted how our students were aware of the key features of the RSHE curriculum and across the school, having embedded this curriculum, we have seen decreased reports of harassment.

Our students have asked for more input from specialist external visitors.

From: Statutory guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education/relationships-and-sex-education-rse-secondary

The aim of the programme is to equip Charles Darwin students with the information needed to help students develop healthy, nurturing relationships of all kinds, not just intimate relationships. It should enable them to know what a healthy relationship looks like and what makes a good friend, a good colleague and a successful marriage or other type of committed relationship. Later in school life, it will also cover contraception, developing intimate relationships and resisting pressure to have sex and also not applying pressure. It should teach what acceptable and unacceptable behaviour in relationships is.

The overall aim is to help students understand the positive effects that good relationships have on mental wellbeing, identify when relationships are not right and understand how such situations can be managed.

We teach inclusively and professionally as laid out in part 2 of the teaching standards:

Teachers uphold public trust in the profession and maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school, by: 

• treating pupils with dignity, building relationships rooted in mutual respect, and at all times observing proper boundaries appropriate to a teacher’s professional position
• having regard for the need to safeguard pupils’ well-being, in accordance with statutory provisions showing tolerance of and respect for the rights of others
• not undermining fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs
• ensuring that personal beliefs are not expressed in ways which exploit pupils’ vulnerability or might lead them to break the law.

In each RSHE session, the resources will make reference to previous learning, in order to revisit and extend student understanding, building from existing schemata using age appropriate scenarios.

RSE Curriculum 2023-2024

	Year 7	Year 8	Year 9	Year 10
	Intent: Develop knowledge of the qualities of positive relationships from KS2. -Focus on friendships and family	Intent: Revisit the qualities of positive friendships Develop knowledge of consent and boundaries from Y7 Begin to understand the positive and negative impacts of unhealthy relationships on individuals.	Intent: Revisit boundaries, consent and the law in relationships. Apply knowledge of characteristics of positive relationships to new scenarios Evaluate behaviours and develop knowledge of  appropriate actions to avoid or help the negative impact of unhealthy relationships	Intent: Develop age appropriate real life examples of RSHE.
Lesson 1	To identify different types of relationships	To explore family relationships and commitment	Explore family Diversity and parenting	Drop Session: The effect of alcohol addiction on relationships
Lesson 2	To describe positive friendship attributes. To explore trust, respect, honesty, kindness, generosity, boundaries, privacy AND consent and consider how they impact on feelings.	To explore challenges and responsibilities in a family.	The impact of our relationships: To explore healthy and unhealthy relationships and their impact on well-being. To develop strategies to manage conflict.	Drop Session: Exploring song lyrics and communication skills in relationships.

Lesson 3	To explore what abusive situations are and consider what healthy and unhealthy relationships look like.	Managing disputes in family relationships.	To explore what abusive situations look like online and how to get help.	Drop session: stalking
Lesson 4	To explore communication skills.	Boundaries and consent. To explore boundaries in relationships and the impact of boundary crossing. To practice giving and hearing consent. To reflect on the impact of non- consensual actions.	To consider the impact of the online world on our mental health and practice reaching out for help.
Lesson 5	To identify a range of strong emotions and how to help overcome difficult feelings*particularly online.	Relationships and social media. To describe the impact of a stable family and the impact of social media on perceptions.	To manage unhealthy communication in group chats.
Lesson 6	To summarise and review learning and identify next steps in RSHE	Body Image and self esteem.   To summarise and review learning and identify next steps in RSHE.	To consider perceptions of romantic relationships.