Ministers will consider introducing “age ratings” in new relationships, sex and health education (RHSE) guidance “to prevent children being taught concepts that they are too young to understand”.
The Department for Education has announced an independent, expert panel will advise on the review, brought forward after concerns about “age-inappropriate material” being taught in some schools.
Draft guidance will be published “in the coming months” with a public consultation to conclude by the end of the year. It will come into statutory force “as soon as possible after that,” DfE said.
The panel will bring together input from health, children’s development, curriculum and safeguarding.
