The government has published draft statutory guidance for school leaders on how to implement new requirements to teach pupils about health, relationships and sex.
It is part of reforms that will strengthen the status of personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education on the curriculum over the next few years - currently, it is only compulsory in independent schools, and effectively optional in maintained schools and academies.
Despite this, 93 per cent of schools offer some kind of PSHE. Many of them do a great job, and in such cases it's very popular with pupils and parents. In too many cases, however, PSHE curriculum time is under pressure, or it's delivered through occasional off-timetable days or other ineffective models. Quality also varies and teachers are often not given the support they need to teach it well.
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