1. IDENTITIES: What are the various intersecting aspects that make up who we are?

2. RELATIONSHIPS: Intro to positive relationships; friendship & family, improving relationships.

3. CONSENT: Intro to consent; understanding boundaries, seeking consent, getting help.

4. SEXUAL VIOLENCE: Gender roles; gendered expectations and pressure these create.

5. BODIES: Puberty, anatomy, correct names, hygiene, periods & taboo-busting.

6. REPRODUCTIVE & SEXUAL HEALTH: What do the words ‘contraception’ ’protection’ ‘conception’ mean?

7. MEDIA: Body image, diversity, representation, body positivity, social media

1. IDENTITIES: What does LGBTQIA+ stand for? Understanding queer history and context.

2. RELATIONSHIPS: Identifying abusive behaviour, stalking, identifying green and red flags, trust and jealousy.

3. CONSENT: Consent & the law, signs of consent and no consent, digital consent, seeking support.

4. SEXUAL VIOLENCE: Rape culture; myths & misconceptions, misogyny & incels, seeking support.

5. BODIES: Diversity in bodies, myth busting & misconceptions e.g. myth of virginity.

6. REPRODUCTIVE & SEXUAL HEALTH: Contraception & protection in detail, PEP & PREP, stigma, accessing services, your rights.

7. MEDIA: Sexual scripts, the representation of sex in the media including pornography.

1. IDENTITIES: What's the difference between sex and gender? Allyship and inclusive spaces.

2. RELATIONSHIPS: Communication, accountability, break-ups, boundary-setting and 'romantic scripts'.

3. CONSENT: Defining "sex"; connection between consent, communication and pleasure.

4. SEXUAL VIOLENCE: Understanding the effects of sexual violence; trauma; supporting survivors.

5. BODIES: The body & sexual pleasure; myth of virginity;

6. REPRODUCTIVE & SEXUAL HEALTH: Abortion care & reproductive rights; fertility, conception facts, miscarriage.

7. MEDIA: Presentation of sexuality in the media; social media and censorship.

Our workshops foster knowledge and understanding of diversity, equity, social justice and mutual respect, creating a safe and welcoming environment for all young people.

Description text goes hereWe help young people understand and challenge how intersecting power relations create conditions of relative privilege and oppression based on gender, sexuality, age, disability, race and class.

We are actively and positively inclusive in terms of gender, sexuality, disability, race, culture, age, religion/belief or other life experiences through teaching practices, language use, selection of resources and curriculum knowledge.

Our programmes are based on a framework of children’s health, educational, sexual and digital rights. This provides young people with access to accurate information, health services, advice and knowledge to make positive choices that protect them physically and emotionally.

Social inequalities can perpetuate feelings of shame and myths surrounding sexuality and body image. We tackle this by busting myths and actively encouraging positive attitudes amongst young people.

Our curriculum remains informed by developing practices, knowledge and understanding of what constitutes high-quality RSE.

We build on the experiences of young people in today’s society, so that RSE is relevant and responsive to the needs of learners.

We recognise and address the impact of colonisation, breaking down barriers so all young people can feel empowered and informed about gender, sexuality, relationships and body image.

Every classroom may have young people who have experienced significant, adverse and traumatising experiences. Through our practice, we promote a relational space where students are most likely to feel safe, grounded and in control.

Relationships and sex education is a huge subject area, ranging from consent and healthy relationships to puberty and sexual health. It also requires some unique pedagogical approaches, as the RSE classroom is distinct from other learning environments. 

Our team comprises qualified teachers, doctors, those with a background in the sexual and domestic violence response sector, refugee support, psychology and youth work. Many of our team work part-time alongside other relevant work such as completing PhDs in RSE-related research. We also work with world-leading academics in gender and education.

Our curriculum is co-designed by this team of experts, meaning all of the subject areas we cover are accurate and based on best-practice approaches. It’s also informed by input from our youth advisory panel, and ongoing feedback from young people during our workshops.

We have a suite of workshops that our team is trained up to deliver. They then go into schools, deliver these same lessons repeatedly, and then come back together as a group to reflect on what’s working well and what needs improvement.

Not only does this mean that they become highly competent at delivering our workshops in a succinct and engaging way, but it also means that our curriculum is being constantly reviewed according to student, teacher and team feedback.

Teachers are always present during our workshops. This means they can provide feedback either directly to us, or to our lead school contact. Often, a member of our team will deliver the same workshops to five different classes across a day, meaning five different teachers see the lesson and can discuss together afterwards.

This provides a level of scrutiny that it would be unusual to see replicated in a regular school set-up. Meanwhile, we have a re-booking rate of 85%, indicative of the approval of teachers that see us in action!

Alongside this, we also have an internal observation system, whereby we regularly observe and provide feedback to colleagues to help them continually develop their classroom practice.

Unlike an in-house member of staff, who will often be asked to deliver RSE alongside their main subject specialism, our team is solely dedicated to thinking about, discussing and reflecting on relationships and sex education. This level of immersion results in enhanced teaching confidence, knowledge and creativity of practice.

We specifically hire those with both a passion for RSE and existing experience in a relevant subject area - for example, medicine, teaching, counselling or youth work. We then provide them with training and shadowing before they begin teaching. This means that young people will always be taught by someone who is unflappable, knowledgeable and is passionate about the aims of RSE.