Education Act 1996

403 Sex education: manner of provision.E+W

(1)The local education authority, governing body and head teacher shall take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that where sex education is given to any registered pupils at a maintained school, it is given in such a manner as to encourage those pupils to have due regard to moral considerations and the value of family life.

(2)In subsection (1) “maintained school” includes a maintained special school established in a hospital.