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<p>The national curriculum is designed to be accessible and relevant to all pupils.
Schools are expected to ensure that teaching is inclusive of the needs of all pupils
and must comply with the Equality Act.</p><p>The Department is making Relationships
Education compulsory in all primary schools and Health Education compulsory in all
state-funded primary schools. The Department has launched a public consultation on
the draft regulations and guidance for these subjects. The draft guidance is clear
that all pupils should feel that the content is relevant to them and that there should
be an opportunity to explore the features of stable and healthy same-sex relationships.</p><p>The
consultation, which closes on 7 November, can be found here: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/pshe/relationships-education-rse-health-education/"
target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/pshe/relationships-education-rse-health-education/</a>.</p><p>Independent
schools are already required by the independent school standards to provide personal,
social, health and economic education to all pupils of compulsory school age.</p>
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