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Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Teachers

Asked by Adam DanceLiberal DemocratDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 13 February 2026UIN 111007

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase training on Personal, Social, Health and Economic education for teachers in Yeovil constituency.

Answered by Georgia Gould

The revised relationships, sex and health education statutory guidance was published on 15 July 2025.

The department will invest £3 million in a teacher training fund over the next two years to ensure that the new curriculum has the greatest impact and £5 million to pilot healthy relationships training delivered by external providers.

Following the Curriculum and Assessment Review, published on 5 November 2025, we will strengthen financial literacy content and sequencing in citizenship and maths. More details on the conclusions and recommendations from the Curriculum and Assessment Review are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/curriculum-and-assessment-review-final-report.

To ensure all pupils benefit from the refreshed national curriculum, we will ensure that core training throughout a teacher’s career has a strong focus on high-quality adaptive teaching, formative assessment and high expectations for all. This includes initial teacher training and the early career framework.

The government commissioned Oak National Academy to develop resources for schools in line with new curriculum requirements.

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