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  • Closed consultation Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) Consultation

    Topics:
    • Support and development, 
    • Pupil health and wellbeing

    Consultation closed Consultation opened 1 September 2023, 12.00 pm and closed 24 November 2023, 5.00 pm

    Summary

    The Department of Education has launched a consultation on the circumstances and arrangements which would enable a parent/carer to excuse their child from receiving age-appropriate, comprehensive and scientifically accurate education on sexual and reproductive health and rights, covering prevention of early pregnancy and access to abortion.

    Documents

    • Consultation Booklet Adobe PDF (248 KB)
    • Privacy Statement Adobe PDF (106 KB)
    • Equality and Human Rights policy screening for providing a parental right to excuse their child from age-appropriate, comprehensive and scientifically accurate education on sexual; and reproductive health and rights, covering prevention on early pregnancy Adobe PDF (253 KB)
    • Consultation Response Report Adobe PDF (743 KB)

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    Consultation description

    Consultation on legislation passed which provides for a parent/carer to request to have their child excused from age-appropriate, comprehensive and scientifically accurate education on sexual and reproductive health and rights, covering prevention of early pregnancy and access to abortion.

    The consultation will run for 12 weeks from 1 September to 24 November 2023. The Department would encourage you to take the time to consider and respond to the consultation which will help inform future guidance for schools on these important and sensitive subjects.

    Following an analysis of the consultation findings, the Department will publish its overall response to the consultation and develop guidance on the arrangements to have a child excused from specific classes by 1 January 2024.

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    Consultation closed — responses are no longer being accepted.

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