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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sally Weale Education correspondent

Gillian Keegan tells schools to let parents see sex education materials

Gillian Keegan leaves Downing Street holding an indexed red folder
The letter is Gillian Keegan’s second to schools on the subject of relationships and sex education. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Gillian Keegan has written to schools in England ordering them to make the materials used in children’s sex education available to be seen by parents, warning headteachers there can be “no ifs, no buts, no more excuses”.

It is the second letter the education secretary has sent to schools on the issue, which has been seized upon by some backbench Conservative MPs amid claims that children are being exposed to inappropriate material during relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) at school.

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