Petition · past parliament

Relationship Education (R.E) should not be taught to Young children in Schools.

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

R.E will be made compulsory in 2020. All children from 4yrs old will be taught different kinds of relationships they will have when they are older, like LGBT relationships.

They are too young to learn about any kind relationships. It is unnecessary, this subject should not be mandatory.
Making this subject compulsory at this AGE is taking away parents Freedom.
It will cause confusion and damage children's minds.

4 year olds will not be taught about different religions to tackle racism and islamophobia so WHY about different relationship like LGBTs.

School time and money should be better spent!

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

19 Mar 2019 Petition opened for signatures
26 Mar 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16
Status Rejected
Rejected 26 Mar 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.