Schools have been left in the dark over when training grants will be made available to help them implement new relationship and sex education (RSHE) guidance from September. The Department for Education (DfE) unveiled its proposed changes to the RSHE guidance in July. Ministers ditched the previous government鈥檚 plan for age limits on certain topics and a section forbidding teaching about gender identity. Primary schools to teach about same-sex parents, and there will be a new emphasis on misogyny and sexual violence, deepfakes and sextortion. Sex and relationships education: The main changes for 2026 The DfE promised that teaching grants would be made available to some schools 鈥渇rom early 2026鈥� to help 鈥渟taff tackle these challenges with confidence鈥�. But the wider government violence against women and girls strategy published in December said that schools would be selected for funds from next year, along with the launch of a 拢5 million healthy relationships pilot delivered by external partners in September. School leaders鈥� union NAHT and the Sex Education Forum have called on ministers to clarify when support will be made available for schools. ‘Still no details’ Lucy Emmerson, chief executive of the Sex Education Forum, said: 鈥淕overnment has promised much-needed support for schools through RSHE training grants, yet there are still no details about when these start or how many schools will benefit.鈥� Emmerson said the quality of lessons 鈥渓eans heavily on teachers having the confidence to broach the new mandatory topics鈥�. She added: 鈥淲e call on ministers to explain what support schools will get before the September 2026 implementation deadline, and to commit with stakeholders on the long-term strategy for properly trained and supported RSHE workforce.鈥� ‘Teachers need to be confident’ Sarah Hannafin, head of policy at NAHT, added that 鈥渘o funding or training has been provided to schools to prepare them for delivery鈥� of the new content. Sarah Hannafin 鈥淔or learning to be effective, teachers need to be confident in their knowledge and have access to high quality resources,鈥� she added. It comes after the government issued updated draft guidance on how schools should support pupils questioning their gender. The document states that schools should take a 鈥渧ery careful approach in relation to social transition鈥�. It also states that parents should be involved in the 鈥渧ast majority鈥� of cases in which a child questions their gender. A DfE spokesperson said they were funding training pilots from September as part of government’s wider Violence against Women and Girls strategy, but did not confirm the fate of previously promised training grants.