According to the government's policy statement, relationships education is likely to focus on "different types of relationships," "family relationships" and "healthy relationships." This could include teaching on homosexual and bisexual relationships as well as same-sex parenting and same-sex marriage.
A secondary-level subject called Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) will also be brought in, which would include teaching on "sex, sexual health and sexuality." The government states that parents would retain the right to withdraw their children from this, although the details have not yet been set out.
The government's plans have been introduced through an amendment to the Children and Social Work Bill, which would give Education Secretary Justine Greening the power to "make Relationships Education and RSE statutory through regulations."
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