article_snippet: ‘pretty graphic’ sex education from just nine years old because of the pressures children encounter day-to-day.
article_snippet: ‘pretty graphic’ sex education from just nine years old because of the pressures of mixed-sex education .
article_snippet: The need even at the age of nine now, pretty graphic sex education because of the pressures that are being put on girls particularly, from the age 11 and upwards.
article_snippet: ‘remove some of the pressures’ from children around sex and relationships.
article_snippet: Last month the Commons Education Select Committee said primary school children should be taught about sex and relationships because of new dangers posed by the internet.
article_snippet: MPs on the Commons Education Select Committee said sex education should be made a legal requirement in all schools to equip pupils for life in today’s society.
article_snippet: the cross-party group also noted that while many children begin puberty at an early age, some primary schools were only teaching pupils about it at the age of 11.
article_snippet: Under the current system, primary schools do not have to provide sex and relationships education (SRE) beyond what is covered in the science curriculum.
article_snippet: The select committee’s proposals would mean primary schools across the UK would be legally required to provide sex education to all pupils.
article_snippet: While the Commons Education Select Committee did not specify an age at which sex education should start, sex education could in theory begin at five under sex education proposals.