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title: Education Secretary issues historic statement on SRE and PSHE
description: The Education Secretary Justine Greening made an announcement today about intentions to make sex and relationships education (SRE) statutory in an amendment to the Children and Social Work Bill while also paving the way for further action on PSHE education in its entirety. Our full response to follow and in the meantime you can read Justine Greening's full statement here.
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# [Education Secretary issues historic statement on SRE and PSHE](https://pshe-association.org.uk/news/news-and-blog/blog-entry/education-secretary-issues-historic-statement-sre)

 Written by [PSHE Association](https://pshe-association.org.uk/news/author/pshe-association) | Mar 1, 2017 5:00:00 AM

The Education Secretary Justine Greening made an announcement today about intentions to make sex and relationships education (SRE) statutory in an amendment to the Children and Social Work Bill while also paving the way for further action on PSHE education in its entirety.

Our full response to follow and in the meantime you can read Justine Greening's full statement [here](http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/).

 

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