Our RE, RSHE, and Prayer and Liturgy Policies
RSHE/RHE
October 2026
In 2020, Relationships Education and Health Education became statutory for all primary schools in England. Then, in July 2025, the Department for Education published new Guidance for teaching RSHE. Although the ‘Life to the Full’ programme which we follow in ST Augustine’s was fully consulted on back in 2020, considering the changes and the fact that most parents and carers would not have been involved in the consultation in 2020, we are taking this opportunity to reconsult.
As a Catholic school, our mission is to support the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of all of our pupils, rooted in the wisdom and teaching of the Church. The education of children in human sexuality is an important, precious and privileged responsibility. The Church teaches us that this is very much a partnership with parents, in which parents are the ‘first educators’ of their children on these matters; ultimately, you confer on us the right to co-educate your children with you.
In St Augustine’s, we use Life to the Full Plus by Ten Ten Resources. Ten Ten Resources is an award-winning Catholic educational organisation that is well-respected and very experienced in this field of work.
Life to the Full Plus has been approved by our diocese. Furthermore, Ten Ten Resources have entered into a partnership with the Catholic Education Service and the Department for Education to provide training for teachers in Catholic schools on the subject of the RHE statutory curriculum. Therefore, we are confident that this programme is a very good fit for our school.
Through their programme, Ten Ten Resources understand the foundational role that parents have in educating and nurturing their children on these matters. Within the programme, they have built in resources which will not only keep you informed about what is being taught in school, but will also give you the opportunity to engage your children in discussion, activity and prayer.
We would like to have your feedback on our approach, and particularly on the key decisions that we need to take regarding the teaching of certain topics. To this end, we have opened a consultation period during which we welcome your feedback.
Ten Ten Resources have provided an online Parent Consultation Course. This is a simple-to-follow, short online course which:
● Outlines the statutory changes that have taken place in England
● Articulates a vision for Catholic Relationships and Health Education.
● Explains how Life to the Full aims to help us fulfil the statutory curriculum with a Catholic ethos.
● Provides some information about key decisions we need to make, in consultation with parents.
● Answers some Frequently Asked Questions.
Ten Ten Resources have also provided an Online Parent Portal which will be a tool we can use throughout the year to keep you informed and updated about the work we are doing in school.
To take part in the consultation, please do the following:
● Access the Parent Consultation Course here: www.tentenresources.co.uk/parent-consultation-primary
● You will need the following login credentials for our school:
Username: st-augustines-tn4
Password: friendly-dog
● Undertake the Parent Consultation course provided.
● Once you have finished the consultation course, complete the parent questionnaire to give us your feedback by clicking the link below or scanning the QR code:
● The closing date for feedback is: Friday 13th November 2026 at 4pm.
Policies
prayer-and-liturgy-policy-2025.pdf
Right of Withdrawal from RE and Collective Worship.pdf
Annual-Plan-for-Provision st aug.pdf
Statement regarding the Right of Withdraw from RE and Collective Worship
Voluntary aided schools in England and Wales must ensure that religious education is provided as part of the school’s basic curriculum. In Catholic schools this is done accordance with the teachings, doctrines, discipline and norms of the Catholic Church. Academies in England are required by their funding agreement and Articles of Association to comply with similar requirements.
Similarly, in state funded schools England and Wales are required by law to take part in an act of collective worship on each school day. In Catholic schools this is dome in accordance with the rites, practices, disciplines and liturgical norms of the Catholic Church.
Parents of pupils in VA schools and voluntary academies are permitted to request that their child is withdrawn from receiving all or part of religious education and/or collective worship given at the school and any such request shall stand until such time that the parent’s request is withdrawn.