Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to ensure that all Relationships and Sex Education learning materials used in schools are shared with parents.

All schools are required to share information about the curriculum with parents and the Department also expects schools to consult with parents when developing or reviewing their relationships and sex education (RSE) policy. The relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) statutory guidance is clear that when consulting parents, schools should provide examples of the resources that they plan to use.

The Department does not expect schools to share all of the learning materials they use with parents routinely, but where parents request to see specific materials used to teach their children, schools are expected to respond positively.

The Department believes the majority of schools use high quality, appropriate resources and engage with parents openly and transparently on what they plan to use. The Department has been made aware of situations where this is not the case and as such, we will write to all schools to clarify how materials can be shared which, will enable them to engage with parents constructively going forward.