Ms Dawn Cross
Telephone 01926 413716
Email xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Our ref: 9153916
Your ref:
Date: 3 July 2023
Dear Ms Cross,
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 has been
considered by Warwickshire County Council. I am writing to inform you that I am unable
to provide the information you have requested.
You asked us:
I would like to know what is being taught to children in infant, middle school and
senior schools in Warwickshire with regard to RSE lessons.
This is what I would like to know.
1.) Details of the curriculum being taught for all age groups regarding sex
education.
2.) Are parents allowed to opt their children out of these lessons?
3.) If not, why not?
4.) Do schools use outside agencies to deliver the lessons?
5.) If so, please name these agencies.
6.) Do individuals visit schools to discuss gender ideology?
7.) If so, to what extent are students expected to participate in these discussions?
8.) Are parents provided with in depth information beforehand as to what topics
will be covered?
9.) Are written handouts, pamphlets or questionnaires provided/handed out to
students?
The information you have requested is not held by Warwickshire County Council. This is
because the relationship, sex and health education (RSHE) curriculum is the
responsibility of schools to deliver, and therefore each school will hold this information.
From September 2020, the statutory duty for delivering RSHE was transferred to
schools. Primary schools have a duty to deliver relationship and health education, and
secondary schools have a duty to delivery relationship, sex and health education. The
statutory guidance is available here:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachmen
t_data/file/1090195/Relationships_Education_RSE_and_Health_Education.pdf
The duty includes having a published RSHE policy on the school website, which must
be written and refreshed in consultation with parents and carers. Each school would
design their own curriculum, including specifics on content, materials, delivery method,
etc.
We therefore recommend, if you have not already done so, that you contact the schools
themselves for further information. You can find the contact details for schools in the
Warwickshire local authority area on our "Find a school" webpage at the link below:
Find a school - https://apps.warwickshire.gov.uk/findaschool
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an
internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within 40 days of the date
of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:
Information Management
Shire Hall
Warwick
CV34 4RL
xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to
apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at:
The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House, Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF.
Phone: 0303 123 1113
Website: www.ico.org.uk/foicomplaints
I will now close your request as of this date.
Yours sincerely,
Zofia Gilroy
Information Rights Officer