We will emphasise the importance of strong and supportive relationships for family life and bringing up children. Confidentiality, safeguarding and child protection Although SRE is not about personal disclosures and personal issues, it is possible that a pupil may disclose personal information. Staff understand that they cannot promise pupils absolute confidentiality, and pupils know this too. If teachers are concerned in any way that a pupil is at risk of sexual or any other kind of abuse, they will talk to the Designated Child Protection Officer and follow the school’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Procedures. If a pupil discloses to a teacher that they are sexually active, or are considering sexual activity, then this would be viewed as a child protection issue. Assessing SRE Pupils’ progress in SRE is assessed as part of the assessment of science and PSHE and citizenship. Working with Parents/Carers and Child Withdrawal Procedures We place the utmost importance on sharing responsibility with parents and carers for their children’s education. We do our best to find out about cultural views which may affect the SRE curriculum and will try to balance parental views with our commitment to comprehensive SRE and equality. This policy is available on the school’s website for parents to read. Parents/carers have the right to withdraw their children from SRE, apart from the statutory national curriculum. This means that parents and carers cannot withdraw their children from SRE aspects of the science national curriculum. If a parent wishes to withdraw their child from the SRE curriculum they must arrange a meeting with a member of the Senior Leadership Team who will talk through their concerns and discuss the benefits of school SRE. If they decide to withdraw their child, work will be provided to do in another class. We will offer packs of the teaching materials if parents wish to use this with their children at home. Even when a child has been withdrawn from SRE lessons, if the child should ask questions at other times, these questions would be answered honestly by staff. Disseminating the Policy A copy of the policy is available on the school’s website. All staff and governors are made aware of the policy and have agreed to its contents. Copies are supplied to visitors who are involved in providing SRE in school.
We will emphasise the importance of strong and supportive relationships for family life and bringing up children. Confidentiality, safeguarding and child protection Although SRE is not about personal disclosures and personal issues, it is possible that a pupil may disclose personal information. Staff understand that they cannot promise pupils absolute confidentiality, and pupils know this too. If teachers are concerned in any way that a pupil is at risk of sexual or any other kind of abuse, they will talk to the Designated Child Protection Officer and follow the school’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Procedures. If a pupil discloses to a teacher that they are sexually active, or are considering sexual activity, then this would be viewed as a child protection issue. Assessing SRE Pupils’ progress in SRE is assessed as part of the assessment of science and PSHE and citizenship. Working with Parents/Carers and Child Withdrawal Procedures We place the utmost importance on sharing responsibility with parents and carers for their children’s education. We do our best to find out about cultural views which may affect the SRE curriculum and will try to balance parental views with our commitment to comprehensive SRE and equality. This policy is available on the school’s website for parents to read. Parents/carers have the right to withdraw their children from SRE, apart from the statutory national curriculum. This means that parents and carers cannot withdraw their children from SRE aspects of the science national curriculum. If a parent wishes to withdraw their child from the SRE curriculum they must arrange a meeting with a member of the Senior Leadership Team who will talk through their concerns and discuss the benefits of school SRE. If they decide to withdraw their child, work will be provided to do in another class. We will offer packs of the teaching materials if parents wish to use this with their children at home. Even when a child has been withdrawn from SRE lessons, if the child should ask questions at other times, these questions would be answered honestly by staff. Disseminating the Policy A copy of the policy is available on the school’s website. All staff and governors are made aware of the policy and have agreed to its contents. Copies are supplied to visitors who are involved in providing SRE in school.
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