The guide comes at a time of major debate over relationships and sex education in England’s schools, with the subject due to become a legal requirement next September.
Relationships education will be compulsory in primary schools and relationships and sex education will be compulsory in secondaries.
Although parents have the right to withdraw their child up to age 15, concerns have been raised in over what younger children will be taught.
The new charter has eight commitments which all schools, Church of England and others, can sign-up to prior to the new guidelines becoming law.
The charter says that CofE schools should ensure that the curriculum “protects, informs and nurtures all pupils” and clearly differentiates between factual teaching on topics such as biology, the law, marriage and different types of families and moral teaching about relationships and values.
It also includes delivering the curriculum as a professional and identifiable part of Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE), building resilience of pupils, promoting healthy relationships, meeting individual requirements including special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and seeking pupils’ views to make teaching relevant to their lives.
It says: “Relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) should ensure that children are able to cherish themselves and others as unique and…
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