Matters came to crisis point a year ago
when the last government's Children,
Schools & Family Bill sought to impose a statutory sex and relationship education (SRE) curriculum on all schools from the primary stage (currently SRE is only compulsory in secondary schools and the content can be determined by each school) and to remove the right of parents to withdraw their children from inappropriate SRE lessons from the age
Schools & Family Bill sought to impose a statutory sex and relationship education (SRE) curriculum on all
schools from the primary stage (currently SRE is only compulsory in secondary schools and the content can be determined by each school) and to remove the right of parents to withdraw their children from inappropriate SRE lessons from the age
schools from the primary stage (currently SRE is only
compulsory in secondary
schools and the content can be determined by each school) and to remove the right of parents to withdraw their children from inappropriate SRE lessons from the age
schools and the content can be determined by each
school) and to remove the right of parents to withdraw their children from inappropriate SRE lessons from the
age of 15.
When school districts have no choice but to expel students — particularly those of
compulsory school age — because of the gravity of an infraction, the long - term implications for the individual and for society become a matter of serious concern.
A child under
compulsory school age has special educational needs if he or she is likely to fall within the definition above
when they reach
compulsory school age or would do so if special educational provision was not made for them (Section 20 Children and Families Act 2014).