# RSHE Theatre in Education

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council](/buyers/dudley-metropolitan-borough-council/contract-awards)
- Published: 24 May 2024
- Planned start: 1 September 2024
- Planned end: 31 August 2027
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 40e42bf6-591f-44db-82e1-dce80251d224-754398
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e230eb91-1be1-4345-becf-b5ffd379e3e3

## Description

Dudley MBC is seeking delivery of a programme of Theatre in Education performances \(average length of performance 20 minutes\) and workshops to support Dudley education settings with their Relationship, Sex, Health & Education \(RSHE\) curriculum provision and safeguarding\. The offer should accommodate Primary phase, Secondary phase and 16\+ age-appropriate pieces\. Education settings will be able to choose and book from a menu of age-appropriate performances that cover the following topics: • Anti-bullying • Puberty • Sexual health /contraception • Healthy relationships / consent • Child exploitation including both child sexual exploitation and child criminal exploitation • Misogyny • Child abuse • Domestic and teenage partner abuse • Staying safe on and offline • Mental wellbeing • Knife crime / youth crime /county lines Each live performance will be followed by smaller workshops that allow further questioning and discussion on the topic covered\. All performances and workshops will: • be well researched, relevant, age appropriate, trauma-informed and participatory • provide an opportunity for learners to interact with the characters and have a question & answer discussion • support Dudley education settings with their RSHE curriculum and safeguarding work • signpost learners to local and national support and guidance • link directly with the Department of Education's guidance for RSHE • link with the Dudley Council's health & wellbeing priorities • support all children and young people to have healthy, happy and safe lives •be in a variety of formats to accommodate children and young people with a range of needs and abilities • be flexible in their delivery formats to accommodate the time and/or space the setting can provide • have clear learning objectives and evidence of the impact on both the learner's and teachers' knowledge and skills around the topic\(s\) •be run by actor / facilitators who have been trained in classroom management, acting, safeguarding procedures, and must have relevant DBS check in place • be supported by pre and post lesson plans through the provider's website so that teachers/staff can discuss the themes/issues highlighted during the performances and workshops • be pre-approved by the Commissioner \(Council\) before being delivered in education settings for quality assurance purposes Additional information: https://in-tendhost\.co\.uk/blackcountryportal/aspx/Home Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/40e42bf6-591f-44db-82e1-dce80251d224-754398)