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The Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019

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Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014

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12.  In the Schedule (independent schools standards), after paragraph 2 insert—

“2A.—(1) The standard in this paragraph is met if the proprietor—

(a)ensures that every registered pupil who is provided with primary education at the school is provided with relationships education,

(b)ensures that every registered pupil who is provided with secondary education at the school is provided with relationships and sex education, except in so far as the pupil is excused as mentioned in sub-paragraph (2),

(c)in a case where the school is an Academy, ensures that every registered pupil is provided with health education,

(d)in making arrangements for the purposes of paragraphs (a), (b) or (c), has regard to any guidance under section 80A of the Education Act 2002 that applies in relation to the provision of education by maintained schools,

(e)makes and keeps up to date a separate written statement of its policy with regard to the provision of education as required by each of paragraphs (a) and (b),

(f)consults parents of registered pupils at the school before making or revising a statement under sub-paragraph (e), and

(g)publishes a copy of the statement on a website and provides a copy of the statement free of charge to anyone who asks for one.

(2) Arrangements made by the proprietor for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b) must ensure that where a pupil’s parent requests that the pupil is wholly or partly excused from sex education provided as part of relationships and sex education, the pupil is so excused until the request is withdrawn, unless or to the extent that the head teacher considers that the pupil should not be so excused.

(3) Sub-paragraph (1)(a) and (c) do not apply to a pupil who is under compulsory school age.”.

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