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404 Sex education: statements of policy.E+W

(1)The governing body of a maintained school shall—

(a)make, and keep up to date, a separate written statement of their policy with regard to the provision of sex education, and

(b)make copies of the statement available for inspection (at all reasonable times) by parents of registered pupils at the school and provide a copy of the statement free of charge to any such parent who asks for one.

[F1(1A)A statement under subsection (1) must include a statement of the effect of section 405.]

[F2(1B)In subsection (1) the reference to sex education does not include sex education given as part of statutory relationships and sex education (and accordingly subsection (1) does not apply at all in relation to a school at which sex education is only given as part of statutory relationships and sex education).]

(2)[F3In subsection (1) “maintained school” includes, in relation to pupils who are provided with secondary education, [F4a community or foundation special school] established in a hospital.]

[F3In this section—

  • “maintained school” includes, in relation to pupils who are provided with secondary education, a community or foundation special school established in a hospital;

  • “statutory relationships and sex education” means education required to be provided at a school in England under section 80(1)(d) of the Education Act 2002.]

F5(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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