A group of parents has lost a legal challenge against the teaching of gender identity and sex to seven-year-old children in Welsh primary schools.
Campaigners sought a judicial review in the High Court against the Welsh government’s relationships and sexuality education (RSE) curriculum, which was launched in September.
The challenge, which was heard last month in Cardiff, was brought by Public Child Protection Wales, says that the curriculum is inappropriate for primary age children. The parents argued that they had a fundamental common law right to excuse their children from the lessons.
Dismissing all aspects of the claim, Mrs Justice Steyn said: “Teaching should be neutral from a religious perspective but it is not required to be value neutral.” She added that sex education aims