As a college, we place a high value on the relationships that staff have with students and their parents/carers, and the relationships that students have with their peers. Our pastoral care is based on caring, respectful and enriching relationships. We value personal development in our students and ensure that our RSE is up-to-date, regularly evaluated, engaging and relevant to our students.
Introduction
Relationship and Sex education (RSE) is learning about the emotional, social, and physical aspects of growing up, relationships, sex, sexuality, and sexual health. Some aspects are taught as part of personal, social, health and education (PSHE).
A comprehensive programme of RSE provides accurate information about the body, reproduction, sex, and sexual health. It also gives students essential skills for building positive, enjoyable, respectful, and non-exploitative relationships and staying safe both on and offline.
Quality RSE helps Arden College to create a safe college community in which our students can learn, grow, and develop positive and healthy relationships. This is essential as it ensures:
- Students have a good quality education.
Students are prepared for the physical and emotional changes they undergo as they become young adults.
The college is meeting its safeguarding obligations – our students learn about safety and risks in relationships and how to report and get advice and support.
For those students that are aged 16-18, we maintain our statutory obligation under the Children Act (2004) to promote students' wellbeing, and under the Education Act (1996) to prepare our students for the challenges, opportunities, and responsibilities of adult life.
We promote the spiritual, moral, cultural, and physical development of our students.
Our comprehensive relationship and sex education programme of study is designed to have a positive impact on our students' health and wellbeing, including their ability to achieve.