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Make education on sexual assault and rape mandatory in secondary schools

Submitted on Wednesday 23rd December 2020

Rejected on Wednesday 30th December 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)

Petition Action

Make education on sexual assault and rape mandatory in secondary schools

Petition Details

Teach children as young as Year Seven in school about sexual assault and what to do if you have been sexually assaulted - and how to know if you have been assaulted. This should be a mandatory topic in our curriculum

Additional Information

Many men and women, myself included, have been at a loss on what to do and what support we can get after suffering sexual assault. Everything that I learned about the matter was online, and that should change. If we educate students on what to do if you have been assaulted and what support is available, then victims (especially younger victims) will feel far more inclined to speak out.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Consent and sexual assault are already part of the new curriculum on relationships and sex education, which is now mandatory. You can find out more here:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education/relationships-and-sex-education-rse-secondary

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