--- title: Relationships Education in primary schools date: 2020-01-16T09:35:00+00:00 author: Danny Webster canonical_url: "https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/advocacy/relationship-and-sex-education/relationships-education-guidance-summary" section: Pages --- #### Relationships lie at the very heart of what it means to be human. These documents provide guidance and advice relating to Relationships Education at primary school Given the new Relationship (and Sex) Education subject explores what it means to be human and what it means to be a person in community, parents have an opportunity, whichever type of school their child attends, to show through their engagement with these issues that ​“we love because He first loved us”. \[1 John 4:19\] All parents have an important role to play when it comes to working with schools as they develop their Relationships Education policy. Even if your child does not attend a religious character school, you should still have the opportunity to engage in the process. Remember, there will be no opt-out provision from Relationships Education in primary school. Downloads [ PDF 1 Relationship Education in primary schools - Summary of Guidance 79.1 KB Download ](https://www.eauk.org/assets/files/downloads/1-Relationship-Education-Primary-Summary-of-Guidance.pdf "Download 1 Relationship Education in primary schools - Summary of Guidance") [ PDF 2 Relationship Education in primary schools - List of Topics 40.1 KB Download ](https://www.eauk.org/assets/files/downloads/2-Relationship-Education-Primary-List-of-Topics.pdf "Download 2 Relationship Education in primary schools - List of Topics") [ PDF 3 Relationship Education in primary schools - Checklist for Parents 35.8 KB Download ](https://www.eauk.org/assets/files/downloads/3-Relationship-Education-Primary-Checklist-for-Parents.pdf "Download 3 Relationship Education in primary schools - Checklist for Parents") [ PDF 4 Relationship Education in primary schools - Checklist for Schools 35.7 KB Download ](https://www.eauk.org/assets/files/downloads/4-Relationship-Education-Primary-Checklist-for-Schools.pdf "Download 4 Relationship Education in primary schools - Checklist for Schools")