“This is a surreal situation because prior to launching our case the government claimed that it was premature and we needed to wait until we were directly affected before bringing it.”
It added “on the basis of multiple established Court of Appeal authorities we are confident that we were entirely in time to bring this action.”
The group’s campaign is backed by at least one Orthodox rabbi.
Under the new regulations, requests by families to withdraw children can now be refused by schools in “exceptional circumstances” and withdrawal applies only to the sex education component of the curriculum, but not to health or relationships education.
Three terms before a child turns 16, it becomes the child’s decision whether to withdraw from sex education or not.
LKBKC is also arguing that the new RSE policy fails to pay sufficient regard to the religious beliefs of pupils.
