At Robert Mellors Primary Academy, we provide a wide range of opportunities for children to develop as confident, successful learners with high aspirations who are able to make a difference to their community and beyond. As well as ensuring both coverage and progression, the curriculum is thoughtfully designed to provide broad, balanced, deep and contextualised learning experiences.
The school is inclusive and provides a warm, caring and friendly environment that meets the needs of all learners. Pupils at all levels are helped to achieve their potential.
We follow the Jigsaw Scheme of Learning for our PSHRE curriculum.
PSHRE – Personal Social Health Relationships Economic Education; the curriculum:
A curriculum through which children learn skills they need to have a healthy, safe and fulfilling life beyond school.
RSHE – Relationship, Sex and Health Education:
A curriculum through which children explore the emotional, social and physical aspects of growing up. They learn about positive relationships, growth and changes, as well as physical and mental health.
The Relationship, Sex and Health Education (RSE) curriculum became statutory in September 2020. This guidance has been updated for implementation from September 2026.
Relationships and Sex Education supports and guides children and young people in lifelong learning about relationships, emotions, the human biology of sex and sexuality.
It is compulsory for all primary school children to receive relationship and health education.
Knowledge Content Snapshot Overview
Curriculum Map
Understanding Relationships and Health Education in your child’s primary school – Parent’s Guide
Jigsaw Information Leaflet For Parents And Carers 2026
What Does Jigsaw Teach Parents About LGBT+ Relationships – Parental information. Please contact the school office for password to view this document.
SRE (Sex and Relationships Education)
The following units of work are taught to each year group. Please follow links to find out more about learning content in each year group.
Year 1 – Growing and Caring for Ourselves
Year 3 – Valuing Differences and Keeping Safe
Year 6 – Puberty, Realtionships and Reproduction
At Robert Mellors, we teach the SRE units of work throughout the year. This gives teachers chance to revisit previous learning and supports the children with any questions that they have about this.
Sex and Relationships Education is an important part of the primary school curriculum and there are aspects of this which must be taught as statutory components of the National Curriculum for Science.
Parental right to refuse
Parents have the right to withdraw the children from aspects of sex education which are not part of the science curriculum. If this is something that you are considering, we would ask you to contact school so that you can discuss this with your child’s class teacher. We will be able to share with you further information about the specific content of the lessons that the children will be taught. If, following this conversation, you wish to withdraw your child from non-statutory aspects of learning, you will be required to put your request into writing for our school records.
