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Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Personal, Social, Health and Economic education in schools includes specific teaching on racism, sexism and gender equality across all state schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
10 Apr 2026
Target answer date
14 Apr 2026
Answer
28 Apr 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Personal, Social, Health and Economic education in schools includes specific teaching on racism, sexism and gender equality across all state schools.

  2. 14 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    We are making sure that all children in England learn about respectful relationships, in person and online, as part of mandatory relationships, sex and health education (RSHE). The curriculum has a strong focus on equality, respect, the harmful impact of ...

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