HRSE/RSE

HRSE/RSE Leader: Shona Stephens

HRSE/RSE Governor: Josie Savage

HRSE Curriculum Intent Statement

At St Pius X our HRSE curriculum is based upon the Department for Education's Statutory RSE guidance and the CES model HRSE document. We use the scheme of work 'Life to the Full' produced by Ten:Ten Resources as a basis for our teaching and modify the scheme to best support our children and community.

Our curriculum is based upon the key teachings of our faith, centred around our core Gospel Values and aims to form the whole person. This curriculum also enables all learners to gain the knowledge, skills and cultural capital they need to succeed in life.

Our teaching in this subject is coherently planned in a two-year sequence and has rigorous progression towards cumulatively sufficient knowledge and skills for future learning. Alongside developing knowledge, we also aim to form the whol

Our HRSE curriculum provides many exciting and creative learning opportunities, both through the scheme of work, cross-curricular teaching and a number of subject enhancement opportunities.

Our planning is designed to be ambitious and meet the needs of all our pupils. It enables learners to study the full curriculum, which fulfils the National Curriculum requirements to help children to develop to their full potential both educationally but also in matters of spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.

Protected Characteristics

At St Pius X, our HRSE curriculum is guided and framed by our Equality Policy, Objectives Action Plan, but additionally, we follow guidance published by our HRSE scheme provider. This includes what schools are expected to teach about the Protected Characteristics, as well as information about how Ten:Ten Resources supports Catholic primary and secondary schools in this area through the programme, Life to the Full.

This guidance draws together key insights from documents produced by the Department for Education, Ofsted, the Catholic Education Service, the Bishops Conference of England and Wales, and selected Church documents.

By drawing on the information within these documents, the guidance aims to provide evidence of how Life to the Full supports our holistic approach to an education which opposes all unjust discrimination, advances equality of opportunity and fosters good relations between people who share a relevant protected characteristic and those who do not share it.

Long Term Plan

Coming soon...

Please see the content we plan to teach from September 2026 below in the Programme Pathway document.

Programme Pathway

Please note that this pathway shows the order of teaching, but we have distributed the modules more evenly over the year. Please see the long term plan, above.

National Curriculum Coverage

At St Pius X, we follow the statutory guidance for Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education. We have implemented the new changes into our curriculum and these will become effective in September 2026.

Progression

The Mapping Matrix for Schools in England document maps each lesson to the CES Model Curriculum, the DFE Statutory Guidance and the PSHE Association curriculum.

The Statutory Mapping Guidance document provides a useful overview to evidence that the DFE Statutory Guidance is covered by Life to the Full.

Assessment

Each Unit of work has an Assessment Activity associated with it. The activities take into account the Learning Objectives of the sessions within the unit and provide before and after evidence that learning has taken place.

Children complete the assessment activity in one colour before the activity, and then return to the same sheet writing in a different colour to explore how their understanding has changed. Children are able to add new ideas that they have learnt and address any misconceptions which they may have had beforehand. 

Below are examples of assessments from each key stage:

EYFS

Key Stage 1

Lower Key Stage 2

Upper Key Stage 2 

Enrichment/Cultural Capital

We aim to constantly improve our enrichment and cultural capital offering in HRSE. Currently, the the subject is enhanced by the following:

• A number of cross-curricular opportunities particularly in RE and Science
• KidSafe
• Mini Police Programme
• Visits from the school nurse
• Drugs and alcohol talks in Year 5 and 6
• Visits to the local fire station for Young Citizens (internet safety, drug and alcohol awareness, personal safety)
• Rock Kidz (personal development)

Information for Parents

As we implement new content, we would like to have your feedback on our approach, and particularly on the key decisions that we need to take regarding the teaching of certain topics. Please read more in the Parent Consultation Letter below.

Draft HRSE Policy 2026-28

Policy

Our current school's policy for HRSE can be found here: Policies

Checklist for External Speakers