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In February 2019, the Department of Education enacted a statutory guidance policy which will assist schools in England with PSHE when it becomes compulsory in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pshe-association.org.uk/curriculum-and-resources/curriculum|title=Curriculum guidance|publisher=PSHE Association|date=February 2019|access-date=23 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/781150/Draft_guidance_Relationships_Education__Relationships_and_Sex_Education__RSE__and_Health_Education2.pdf|title=Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education |type=Draft |website=UK Department of Education|date=February 2019|access-date=23 July 2019}}</ref>
A measure to make PSHE compulsory in primary and secondary schools in England received approval from the House of Lords in April 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2019-04-24/debates/8F9DC3B0-CD59-4FB5-9F00-1554B50ADEDC/RelationshipsEducationRelationshipsAndSexEducationAndHealthEducation(England)Regulations2019|title=Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019 - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk}}</ref> The Department for Education (DfE) published final statutory guidance for teaching Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education in June 2019.<ref name=lgbtrightsgreat>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education |title=Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education |date=25 June 2019 |website=UK Department of Education |access-date=23 July 2019}}</ref> The consultation closed in November 2018. This guidance will replace existing government "Sex and Relationship Education Guidance", which were last updated in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/DfES-0116-2000%20SRE.pdf|title=Sex and Relationship Education Guidance|date=July 2000|website=National Archives|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130403224457/https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/DfES-0116-2000%20SRE.pdf|archive-date=3 April 2013|url-status=live|access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref> The guidelines, which were also published by the House of Commons,<ref name=houseofcommonspublish /> require, among other things, acknowledgement of England's laws concerning gay rights, including the legalization of same-sex marriage and the protection of the "physical and mental wellbeing" of gay children.<ref>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/805781/Relationships_Education__Relationships_and_Sex_Education__RSE__and_Health_Education.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref name=houseofcommonspublish>{{Cite journal|url=https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN06103|title=Relationships and Sex Education in Schools (England)|first=Robert|last=Long|date=11 July 2019|via=researchbriefings.parliament.uk}}</ref>
Despite not being mandatory until September 2020, schools in England will be encouraged to enact the new PSHE curriculum starting in September 2019.<ref name=lgbtrightsgreat />
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