The minister responsible for faith schools has given assurances that primary schools will not be compelled to discuss LGBT issues when the new relationships and sex education curriculum comes into force in September.
Baroness Berridge responded to a question on the subject in the Lords earlier this week from Conservative Jewish peer Lord Polak.
While Department for Education guidance made it clear that teaching explicitly about LGBT matters was not mandatory in primary schools, Lord Polak said, this was not being reflected in Ofsted practice.
“Numerous primary schools have been downgraded in at least one category for not teaching LGBT,” he said.
