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<p>All schools should offer high quality, age-appropriate sex and relationship education
(SRE), and build a curriculum that meets the needs of all their students. We expect
schools to ensure that young people feel that SRE education is relevant to them.</p><p>SRE
is compulsory in all maintained secondary schools and many primary schools also teach
SRE, in an age-appropriate manner. We expect academies and free schools to deliver
relationship education as part of their provision of a broad and balanced curriculum.
Any school teaching SRE must have regard to the Secretary of State’s SRE guidance.</p><p>We
welcome the supplementary SRE guidance, <em>SRE for the 21st Century</em>, produced
by Brook, the PSHE Association and the Sex Education Forum, which includes guidance
on ensuring that SRE is inclusive. All children and young people, regardless of background
or identity, are entitled to quality SRE that helps them build confidence and stay
healthy.</p>
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