About sex and relationships education
Why sex and relationships education?
Find out how sex and relationships education should progress in Scottish schools and how parents and carers should be involved.
National strategy
An outline of Respect and Responsibility, which is the national strategy and action plan for improving sexual health in Scotland. The actions for councils are listed here as well.
National guidance
Find a list of documents that can be downloaded, which contain information about sex and relationships education in Scottish schools. There are documents for parents and carers as well.
Policy examples
A list of guidelines, which are downloadable. The documents are created by councils and give information to individuals and groups on delivering sex education.
Engaging with parents
PDFs available for downloading, which give advice to parents and carers on talking about relationships and sexual health to children and teenagers.
Research and reports
These reports analyse sex and relationships education programmes from different organisations and councils. The research results analyse which aspects of programmes are effective, and what can be improved.
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Why sex and relationships education?
There are guidelines on how schools should approach sex and relationships education. National strategy documents are available to be downloaded in this section.
Parents and carers also have an important part in their children's health and education. So there is a section particularly aimed at those who are parents or carers of children and young teenagers.