Head teachers have welcomed a High Court ruling that compulsory relationships and sexuality lessons for all children can go ahead at the start of term in Wales but the Welsh Conservative shadow education minister said she was disappointed by the ruling. A group of five parents lost their legal action to block the lessons in a High Court hearing on August 31.
The parents wanted to withdraw their children from the mandatory lessons or stop the rollout of RSE altogether but judge Mrs Justice Tipples told the hearing that an injunction at this late stage would cause "very substantial disruption" days before the start of term. The parents had already been granted a judicial review which is due to be heard in November.
Relationships and sexuality education is part of the statutory new curriculum for Wales which will be rolled out for all children in primary and year seven children in around half of secondary schools from the start of term. Half of secondaries are delaying the new curriculum until 2023.
