Supporting schools to provide Relationships & Sex Education

Our workshops are based on an age-appropriate, inclusive and trauma-informed approach to Relationships and Sex Education (RSE), and are specially designed in response to recent Government guidance for schools.

By delivering workshops on all topics, including consent, relationships, sexuality and body image, we work to ensure that every young person has access to a complete, inclusive and comprehensive sex education.

As the 2018 Winner of the Pamela Sheridan Award for Innovation and Good Practice in RSE, School of Sexuality Education is committed to supporting schools with comprehensive, impactful RSE.

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contemporary and relevant rse

We’ve collaborated with leading experts in gender, education, and media studies to deepen our understanding of contemporary digital sexual cultures.

As a result, our workshops support young people in developing digital literacy and exploring ethical online behaviour by fostering their critical thinking skills and addressing issues such as online sexual harassment, image-based sexual abuse, and pornography in a safe, non-judgemental space.

Sixth Form student and School of Sexuality Education workshop attendee, London.

Sixth Form student and School of Sexuality Education workshop attendee, London.

AN inclusive approach

Our work is LGBTQIA+ inclusive so that all young people receive a sex education which properly addresses their needs and reflects their life experiences. We also help young people understand how they can be good allies to one another as part of an inclusive and safe society.

Collaborating with schools

As well as creating a safe space for students to ask questions about sex, sexuality and relationships, we also work with schools to develop a whole-school approach to RSE. This means their curriculum is supported by their policies, procedures and culture.

 
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We can review a school’s existing curriculum and provide bespoke training packages for staff and trainee teachers. Our training packages include:

  • Delivering inclusive RSE

  • Sexual violence prevention

  • Tackling online sexual harassment

  • LGBTQIA+ awareness

  • Trauma-informed practice

  • Faith & RSE: An anti-racist approach

  • Porn & digital intimacies: centring young people's experiences 

  • An inclusive approach to delivering reproductive & sexual health

  • Understanding misogyny and the Incel movement

“The School of Sexuality Education led a great session for our trainee teachers which helped them to think about how to approach this area of the curriculum in a non-judgemental, safe and positive way. The session was engaging, interactive, practical and thought-provoking.”
— Sarah Worton, Subject Leader, PGCE Social Science, UCL Institute of Education.

Understanding the impact of RSE in schools

  • Our vision: to improve people's physical health and emotional well-being, and give them the critical tools to develop or defend a more socially just society.

    Our mission: to provide comprehensive and inclusive RSE for young people that confronts taboos and addresses social injustices.

  • Educating on consent, including digital consent, is essential to ending sexual violence. We create safe spaces to challenge normalised myths, harmful attitudes and behaviours pertaining to rape culture and gendered sexual pressures.

    • In 2017, 58% of women and girls in mixed-sex schools in the UK said that they had experienced or witnessed sexual harassment at school.

    • Nearly 2/3rds of teachers in mixed-sex secondary schools hear sexist language in school on at least a weekly basis.

    • 78% of secondary school students are unsure or not aware of the existence of any policies and practices in their school related to preventing sexism.

    • An OFSTED study of schools and collegesconducted in 2021 found that nearly 90% of girls, and nearly 50% of boys, said that being sent explicit pictures or videos of things they did not want to see happens a lot or sometimes to them or their peers

  • We’re passionate about inclusion for young people across all aspects of their education. Our intersectional, queer and inclusive workshops address historical imbalances and heteronormativity in RSE, as part of a wider fight for equity and social justice in education. 

    • Less than half of students aged 16-17 reported in 2024 that they believed they felt personally represented in the RSE that they received at school.

    • In 2024, only 38% of 16 and 17-year-olds identifying as LGBTQ+ rated their RSE as ‘good’ or ‘very good’ compared with 52% of those identifying as straight.

    • 53% of students agree that children should learn what trans and non-binary mean as part of Relationships education at primary school.

  • We provide clear and evidence-based information about anatomy, reproductive health, abortion care and sexual health. Destigmatising these topics empowers young people to prioritise their health and wellbeing.

    • 2/3rds of students say they learnt nothing at all or not enough about sexual pleasure at school.

    • 74% of women and girls aged 16 and 17 feel that Relationships education at primary school should encourage children to question and challenge stereotypical ideas about how girls and boys should behave, compared to just 62% of boys and men.

    • In 2022, the Children’s Commissioner found that the average age at which children first see pornography is just under 13.

all from an award-winning organisation

School of Sex Ed is the 2018 Winner of the Pamela Sheridan Award for Innovation and Good Practice in RSE.

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