Flourishing for All: Anti-Bullying Guidance

The Church of England Education Office released new anti-bullying guidance for Church schools on 5th July 2024. After a period of consultation, the published version of Parts A and B for use in Church of England schools is now available..

Please find the guidance here: Anti-bullying guidance for Church of England schools | The Church of England

Parts C to G will follow over the course of the next year. These parts will address bullying on the basis of: race, SEND, faith and belief, sexism and socio-economic disadvantage.

Supporting Refugee and Asylum Seeking Pupils 

This document is a starting point of support schools who are responding to the unique needs of Ukrainian refugees, acting as a co-ordinating and signposting document. The LDBE team has already begun its work working with a number of schools in the diocese, diocese across the UK and partnerships with external organisations to bring together tools and resources that will seek to better resource schools that are welcoming new arrivals into year communities and effectively support them.

Supporting Refugee and Asylum Seeking Pupils

The following documents and links may be helpful for schools in planning their PSHE and RSE.

PSHE Association

The PSHE Association as a wealth of information and resources. Joining this association will keep schools up to date with current thinking and government initiatives regarding PSHE and RSE.

Click here to be taken to their website.

TenTen

This is a Catholic based organisation that has at its focus Collective Worship, PSHE & RSE from a Christian / Roman Catholic point of view. It is called TenTen based on John 10:10 ‘I have come so all they may have life, and have it to the full.’

The resources they offer covers both primary and secondary.

Their RSE programme is currently being piloted by selected schools and will be compliant with the new DfE guidance on RSE.

Click here to be taken to their website.

DfE Guidance

The DfE provides key documents on how schools should comply to its PSHE & RSE guidance. This includes a useful question and answer section.

Click here for the RSE question and answer section.

Click here for the PSHE & RSE guidance.

Ofsted

Click here to be taken to Ofsted’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Statement.

CofE’s response to Relationships Education 2018

This is a responsive document written by Nigel Genders on the governments changes to RSE in schools.

Click here to be taken to this document.

The CofE Education Office will be sending out further guidance in the Autumn Term 2019.

RSE Guidance from the Church of England for 2020

Click here to be taken to the CofE’s website for guidance on RSE.