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

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Non-Maintained Special Schools (England) Regulations 2015

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13.  In the Schedule to the Non-Maintained Special Schools (England) Regulations 2015(1) (requirements to be complied with), for paragraph 25 substitute—

“Relationships, sex and health education

25.—(1) The proprietor must make arrangements to ensure that—

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

(b)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 paragraph 25A, and

(c)every registered pupil is provided with health education.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1)(a) and (c) do not apply to pupils who are under compulsory school age.

(3) In making arrangements under this paragraph the proprietor must have regard to any guidance under section 80A of the Education Act 2002 that applies in relation to the provision of education by maintained schools.

(4) The proprietor must—

(a)make, and keep up to date, a separate written statement of its policy with regard to the provision of education under sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b), and

(b)publish a copy of the statement on a website and provide a copy of the statement free of charge to anyone who asks for one.

(5) The proprietor must consult parents of registered pupils at the school before making or revising a statement under sub-paragraph (4)(a).

25A.  Arrangements under paragraph 25(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from sex education provided as part of relationships and sex education, the pupil is so excused until the request is withdrawn, unless or to the extent that the head teacher considers that the pupil should not be so excused.”.

(1)

S.I. 2015/728. There are amendments to the S.I. which are not relevant to these Regulations.

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