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Relationships and Sex Education

Commons · Question 21917 · Tabled 3 Jan 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 13 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Vikki Slade

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of including grief education in the relationships and sex education curriculum.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 13 Jan 2025

The statutory relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) guidance, which sets out the specific topics pupils should be taught, makes clear that teachers should be aware of common adverse childhood experiences and understand when and how these may be a...