Too much, too Young - No compulsory Sex Education within Primary Schools. · petition

What the petition asks

In January 2017 the MP's voted against compulsory sex education in schools yet weeks later the public are presented with the sudden announcement by the Education Secretary Justine Greening, that it is to be made compulsory in all schools in England, to include children as young as 4 years old!

Parents should and must have the ultimate responsibility for deciding what is to be appropriately taught to their children. As parents we are extremely concerned with the intended explicit content that children as young as 4 will be unnecessarily exposed to.
Subjects include teaching on “different types of relationships”, as well as “boundaries and consent”. Alarmingly, it also states that parents will not be allowed to withdraw their children from these lessons.
http://www.christian.org.uk/resource/too-much-too-young/

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Sex education is not compulsory for four to 16-year-olds, so we are not sure what action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.

The Government would like to change sex and relationship education. It is making those changes through the Children and Social Work Bill, which is in Parliament at the moment. If that Bill becomes law, all primary schools in England will be required to teach age-appropriate relationships education, not sex education. Age-appropriate relationships and sex education will not start until secondary school.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

You can find out more about sex and relationships education and the Government's proposed changes here:

http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN06103

Timeline

2 Mar 2017	Petition opened for signatures
14 Mar 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee