Guidance on the Delivery of Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood Education in Scottish Schools

Footnotes

1 Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000

2 Conduct of relationships, sexual health and parenthood education in schools: Guidance for teachers on the conduct of teaching relationships, sexual health and parenthood education within the Curriculum for Excellence on the Scottish Government website

3 Experiences and outcomes | Curriculum for Excellence | Education Scotland

4 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024

5 Section 56 of the Standards in Scotland's Schools etc Act 2000

6 Technical guidance outlining requirements of the Equality Act 2010 for schools on the Equality and Human Rights Commission website

7 Equality Act 2010, Part 6 and section 149.

8 The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012.

9 Mental Health Strategy 2017-2027 on the Scottish Government website

10 Report on the Review of Personal and Social Education: Preparing Scotland's children and young people for learning, work and life on the Scottish Government website

11 LGBTI Inclusive Education Working Group: Report to the Scottish Ministers on the Scottish Government website

12 Conduct of relationships, sexual health and parenthood education in schools: Guidance for teachers on the conduct of teaching relationships, sexual health and parenthood education within the Curriculum for Excellence on the Scottish Government website

13 Teenage pregnancies - Year of conception, ending 31 December 2023 - Teenage pregnancies - Publications - Public Health Scotland

14 Long Acting Reversible Methods of Contraception (LARC) in Scotland - Year ending 31 March 2024 - Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Key Clinical Indicator (KCI) - Publications - Public Health Scotland

15 Health and Wellbeing Census Scotland 2021- 2022 - gov.scot

16 Gonorrhoea infection in Scotland 25 June 2024 - Gonorrhoea infection in Scotland - Publications - Public Health Scotland

17 HIS-standards-SARCS-November-2024.pdf

18 ‘A lot of it is actually just abuse’- Young people and pornography | Children's Commissioner for England

19 “Sex is kind of broken now”: children and pornography | Children's Commissioner for England

20 online-risks-children-evidence-review-main-report.pdf

21 Draft statutory guidance on delivery of relationships, sexual health and parenthood - consultation report

22 Report on Outcome of Consultation on Delivery of Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood (RSHP) Education in Scottish Schools - draft statutory guidance, February 2025

23 Blog on the Mentors in Violence Prevention project on the GLOW Scotland website

24 Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006

See also paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 of the Education (School and Placing Information) (Scotland) Regulations 2012: The Education (School and Placing Information) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/130/made

25 Convention on the Rights of the Child | OHCHR

26 Health & Relationships | Scottish Catholic Education Service | SCES

27 Additional note for practitioners protecting disabled children from abuse and neglect in the child protection guidance on the Scottish Government website

28 National guidance for child protection in Scotland on the Scottish Government website

29 National Guidance on Under Age Sexual Activity on the Scottish Government website

30 News release on national guidance for professionals giving advice and support to young people on healthy relationships and consent on the Scottish Government website

31 Safe spaces are environments where pupils feel the freedom to make mistakes without lasting judgment or ridicule and where they can engage in critical, honest, civil, and challenging discussions about sensitive topics.

32 Equally Safe at School website

33 Improving gender balance and equalities 3-18 | Resources | Education Scotland

34 LGBT inclusive education: guidance - gov.scot