Relationships & Sex Education

Relationships and Sex Education at Belle Vue Girls' Academy

The aims of Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) at our school are to:

• Enable pupils to learn about what makes healthy relationships, including with family, friends and on-line, how to recognise unhealthy behaviour in relationships and how to seek help if they feel unsafe
• Support pupils to develop self-respect, confidence and empathy
• Provide a framework in which sensitive discussions can take place
• Prepare pupils for puberty, and give them an understanding of sexual development and the importance of health and hygiene
• Teach pupils the correct vocabulary to describe themselves and their bodies Teaching will be age appropriate and will respect the diversity of families and faith in our community

Relationships and Sex Education Policy

Please click below for the RSE policy.

RSE Policy Dec 23

If, as a parent/ carer, you wish to make a request to withdraw your child from the sex education element of RSE or if you wish to see RSE resources, please email Mr Kennedy (jonathan.kennedy@bvga.bdat-academies.org). 

Parent/ Carer Consultation 2023

At BVGA we ran a consultation on our RSHE programme in the summer term of 2020. We ran an additional parent/ carer consultation in the Spring Term of 2023 which confirmed, without change, our revised coverage of RSHE content (see below). 

Overview of RSHE programme

Please see the link below for a summary of the consultation (Spring Term 2023).

Parental Consultation Response April 2023

Parent/Carer Consultation 2020

As you will be aware, Belle Vue Girls' ran a consultation on the new Relationships & Sex Education Curriculum which was to be delivered in all schools from September 2020. 

Parent Consultation Response March 2020