A Bill to require the Secretary of State to provide that Personal, Social, Health and Economic education (PSHE) be a statutory requirement for all state funded schools; for PSHE to include Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) and education on ending violence against women and girls; to provide for initial and continuing teacher education and guidance on best practice for delivering and inspecting PSHE and SRE education; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
30 March 2015
This Bill would make Personal, Social, Health and Economic education (PSHE) a compulsory subject in all state-funded schools. It requires PSHE to include Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) and education on ending violence against women and girls, and it sets out that teachers should receive initial and ongoing training with guidance on the best way to deliver and inspect PSHE and SRE.
The Bill is currently at the Second Reading in the House of Commons and would need to progress through further parliamentary stages before becoming law.
Generated 21 February 2026
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 7 July 2014. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
