Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has welcomed the government’s new policy on relationships and sex education which is due to come into force in September 2020.
A spokesman for his office said Rabbi Mirvis had “long argued that there need not be any contradiction between preparing our children for life in modern Britain and ensuring that they are totally immersed in Torah values throughout their education”.
In September last year, Rabbi Mirvis published his own guidance for Orthodox schools under his authority on their duty of care towards LGBTQ pupils.
The government, his spokesman said, had “made clear that these RSE regulations are adaptable according to the age and religious background of the pupils. This is an approach which provides an appropriate accommodation for all of our schools and which is welcome.”
