It is rumoured that schools will also be prohibited from teaching students about gender identity if they are under the age of nine.
According to a series of reports, the guidance will also ban all sex education in primary schools until year five when children are nine or over.
According to the Times, lessons are to focus simply on conception and birth, with no explicit discussions of sexual acts until they are 13 and over.
The guidance will also make clear that gender identity is seen as a contested subject by ministers and teachers should focus on “biological” facts about sex.
But, head teachers have said there is no evidence of a widespread problem with age-inappropriate materials.
One union has said the review is “politically motivated”.
Relationship, sex and health education (RSHE) is governed by statutory guidance which schools must follow by law. But this is currently under review.
The government claims that clearer guidance will provide support for teachers and reassurance for parents. This will set out which topics should be taught to pupils at what age.
It comes days after Ms McVey announced a ban on rainbow-coloured and other “random” lanyards in the civil service as part of a new series of measures for a Tory “war on woke”
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HeadlineThe sex education ban: are nine years olds too young to learn about sex?
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StandfirstEnglish schools will be banned from teaching sex education to children under nine in expected new government guidance.
It is rumoured that schools will also be prohibited from teaching students about gender identity if they are under the age of nine.
According to a series of reports, the guidance will also ban all sex education in primary schools until year five when children are nine or over.
According to the Times, lessons are to focus simply on conception and birth, with no explicit discussions of sexual acts until they are 13 and over.
The guidance will also make clear that gender identity is seen as a contested subject by ministers and teachers should focus on “biological” facts about sex.
But, head teachers have said there is no evidence of a widespread problem with age-inappropriate materials.
One union has said the review is “politically motivated”.
Relationship, sex and health education (RSHE) is governed by statutory guidance which schools must follow by law. But this is currently under review.
The government claims that clearer guidance will provide support for teachers and reassurance for parents. This will set out which topics should be taught to pupils at what age.
It comes days after Ms McVey announced a ban on rainbow-coloured and other “random” lanyards in the civil service as part of a new series of measures for a Tory “war on woke”
