Our Esteem network of RSE educators reached over 66,000 young people in the 2024/2025 school year. This is in addition to the 7,638 students reached by our own Esteem team! The network currently has educators across the UK, as well as in Turkey, India, Cyprus, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Austria and South Africa.
An important event in our field of Relationships, Sex (and Health) Education (RSHE) is the recent release of updated statutory guidance for RSHE from the Department for Education (DfE). You may have seen some debate about this in the news; here, we will summarise the main changes and let you form your own opinion.
As the theme of RSE Day 2025 is COMMUNICATION, Rachel's blog considers the range of different communication methods that educators can utilise to make RSHE topics accessible to children & young people with additional needs.
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“Imagine if you couldn’t understand what people’s facial expressions meant, so you couldn’t tell if they were being friendly or angry with you. That’s the reality for 10-year-old Bradley, who has ASD* and ADHD**.
(*Autism Spectrum Disorder/Diagnosis **Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
I’m Julie, a teacher in a primary SEND* unit. Bradley is bright and alert when he’s focused, with a keen interest in facts about animals and science. He’s very good at challenging what he is told! And he can think outside the box.
“If no one tells you about the blood, then you start your periods when you are only 9, it can be terrifying.
I’m Ali, a teaching assistant in a unit for children with ASD*. (*Autism Spectrum Disorder/Diagnosis).
Phoebe attends the unit for half the school day – she is 9 and autistic. She spends the other half of her time in the main school but is alone a lot as she worries the children will tease her about her autism.