RSHE 2025: What's Changed.

FREE one-page summary of what’s changed in the new statutory RSHE guidance (compulsory Sept 2026) — key updates for primary and secondary at a glance.
The updated statutory RSHE guidance replaces the 2019 version and is compulsory for all schools in England from 1 September 2026. This free, printable one-pager sets out the additions most likely to be missing from an older scheme — primary and secondary side by side.
Covers the key changes: correct names for body parts, loss and bereavement, personal safety, strengthened online safety (primary); and suicide prevention, AI and deepfakes, pornography, misogyny and VAWG, women’s health, vaping, and the approach to biological sex and gender (secondary) — plus the new emphasis on skills and a whole-school approach.
Ideal for RSHE leads and senior leaders as a quick briefing for staff, governors or a department meeting.
Want to act on it? The full Verity RSHE 2026 Compliance Audit & Mapping Pack turns this summary into a fillable audit tool for primary and secondary, with a gap-analysis action plan and a policy & compliance checklist — search “Verity Education RSHE 2026”.
A planning summary of the DfE statutory strands and 2025 changes; it does not replace the DfE guidance and is not legal advice.