Teacher training: families
Practical training materials for primary and secondary schools to use to train staff to teach about families.
Applies to England
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This training session supports the statutory:
- relationships education for primary schools
- relationships and sex education (RSE) for secondary schools
The module contains key knowledge and facts to help teachers understand what they must teach. It includes information on:
- the different types of family
- healthy family life
- committed relationships
- marriage, civil partnerships and cohabitation
- unsafe relationships
These slides should be adapted to suit individual school context. This can include adding your own videos and resources to make your teaching training sessions more visual and interactive.
Related topics
When planning your curriculum, consider how you will link these topics.
This module on families is closely related to:
You may also want to refer to guidance on:
Updates to this page
Published 1 December 2020Last updated 5 May 2023 + show all updates
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Updated the 'families and people who care for me (primary) and families (secondary) teacher training module' to reflect new legislation to change the minimum age at which people can get married or enter into a civil partnership.
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First published.