Age limits will be imposed for the first time on when children can receive sex education, according to reports.
Under the proposals, schools will be told not to teach children any form of sex education until Year 5, when pupils turn nine.
Other measures to be announced by Education Secretary Gillian Keegan will prevent children from learning that they can change gender and will exclude any explicit sexual conversations until the age of 13, according to The Times newspaper.
Thirteen would also be the age limit for students to learn about contraception, sexually transmitted infections and abortion.
The new guidance is part of the Government’s response to concerns that children are receiving age-inappropriate relationships, sexuality and health education (RSHE).
The Times reported that schools will be required to provide samples to parents of the material your children will learn.
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RSHE became mandatory in all English schools in September 2020.
Existing guidance outlines broad lesson modules, stating that primary school children should be taught about alternative types of families and healthy relationships.
Secondary school-age children learn more complex topics, including puberty, sexual relationships, consent, unsafe relationships and online harm.
The Department of Education said it could not confirm the newspaper reports and would not speculate about leaks.
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