Keep the under 9s sex ed ban
Government are set to scrap statutory guidelines for sex education for children under 9 years of age. This will mean a return to teaching children as young as 4 years old about sex education instead of leaving them to be children.
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- 31 JUL 2025Petition rejectedno-action
There is no statutory ban on sex education for children under 9, and the government is not mandating such education for very young children. https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2024/05/new-rshe-guidance-what-it-means-for-sex-education-lessons-in-schools/
- 15 JUL 2025Petition created
Background
We do not need sex education for children under 9 years of age and I want to prevent the Government from scrapping the current statutory guidelines banning sex education for children under 9 years of age.