Schools Minister: ‘Outside groups cannot ban parents from seeing RSE materials’
from The Christian Institute:
Schools are expected to openly share Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) materials with parents, a Government minister has said.
Before his resignation yesterday, Schools Minister Robin Walker told MPs in a Westminster Hall debate that parents should not be denied the right to know what was being taught in RSE at their child’s school.
Last month, members of the House of Lords complained that outside organisations delivering RSE were ‘hiding’ their resources from parents.
‘Transparency’
Rosie Duffield MP asked the Minister if he was similarly disturbed by reports that headteachers were being prevented from sharing sex ed materials with parents by some external providers.
In response, Walker said that the Government expected “schools to share RSHE content and materials with parents openly and transparently, where requested”.
He added: “We are clear that they should not enter into any contracts with third parties that seek to restrict them from sharing RSHE resources with parents.”
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