Research and analysis

RSHE: school practice in early adopter schools

Qualitative research into how early adopter schools prepared for statutory relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) requirements.

From:
Department for Education
Published
27 May 2021

Applies to England

Documents

RSHE: school practice in early adopter schools research report

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-255-7 , DFE- RR1130

PDF, 588 KB, 47 pages

Details

Research into how schools were developing their existing physical, social, health and economic (PSHE) education to prepare for statutory relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) requirements, which came into force in September 2020.

Findings from in-depth structured telephone interviews in autumn 2019, with PSHE leads from 30 schools, sampled from the DfE’s group of 1,500 self-identified early adopter schools. The research findings cover:

  • different models for teaching PSHE, and the early development of RSHE
  • school practices in PSHE education and approaches to RSHE topics
  • challenges in PSHE education and the factors to overcome them

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Published 27 May 2021

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