This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Ban all about me curriculum across all uk schools.
Stop teachers teaching young children how to self stimulate and sexualizeing young children
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Stop sexualised behaviour amongst young children by banning teachers teaching them how to self stimulate
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
The Government sets the national curriculum for maintained schools in England, but it is up to individual schools how to deliver this.
The statutory guidance for Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) states that effective RSE should "support people, throughout life, to develop safe, fulfilling and healthy sexual relationships, at the appropriate time." The RSE curriculum does not encourage early sexual experimentation.
It is also not a requirement in the RSE guidance that masturbation is taught in schools, although individual schools may choose to cover this topic. Therefore this subject matter would be the responsibility of the individual schools, rather than Government or Parliament.
You can read more about the RSE guidance here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education
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