Correspondence

Secretary of State letters to schools about sharing curriculum resources with parents

Letters clarifying schools’ responsibilities to share teaching materials with parents, particularly relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) resources.

• From: Department for Education and The Rt Hon Gillian Keegan
• Published: 31 March 2023
• Last updated: 24 October 2023 — See all updates

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

Letter from Rt Hon Gillian Keegan MP to schools about sharing curriculum resources (October 2023)

PDF, 210 KB, 3 pages

Letter from Rt Hon Gillian Keegan MP to schools about sharing curriculum resources (March 2023)

PDF, 127 KB, 2 pages

Details

Parents can ask to see the curriculum resources used to teach their children. These letters set out the existing position on sharing resources, including that schools should:

• respond positively when parents request to see teaching materials
• have consulted parents on their relationships and sex education policy, including providing examples of the resources they plan to use
• avoid working with organisations that do not allow them to share their resources with parents

If an external organisation owns the copyright on the resources, this does not prevent schools showing them to parents on the school premises.

A letter to parents about RSHE lesson material is also available.

Published 31 March 2023
Last updated 24 October 2023 + show all updates

1. 24 October 2023

   Added a new letter from Rt Hon Gillian Keegan MP to schools about sharing curriculum resources.

2. 31 March 2023

   First published.