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Leaflets urging Sneinton residents to take their children out of lessons that discuss same-sex relationships have been posted through letterboxes in the area.

The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children is behind writing the leaflet called "Safe at School Bulletin".

A prepared letter parents can send to schools to ask for their children to be excluded from the lessons has also been included in the delivery.

But the society has said it is not responsible for posting out the leaflets or letters to residents in Sneinton specifically.

The leaflet claims the government has ignored parents' views on plans for new relationship and sex education lessons which are coming into schools in England in September 2020.

Children in primary schools will be taught "relationships education" and "relationships and sex education" (RSE) will be taught in secondary schools - which will cover LGBT topics.

The bulletin also said during a public consultation on the new lessons "over twice as many respondents were against the teaching of LGBT issues as were in favour".

Antonia Tully, of the Safe at School campaign at The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, told Nottinghamshire Live: "We are a national campaign, so people from all over the country ask for copies of our information bulletin.

"We do not know who is distributing the bulletins in the Sneinton area of Nottingham. The pro-forma letter which has been inserted into the bulletins being distributed in Sneinton is not from Safe at School.



"Our bulletins are directed at parents to give them information about the changes coming into schools in September 2020.

"This is a matter of great concern to many parents and our bulletin is designed to help parents.



"We would like all parents to fully understand what the new legislation means for their children and what they can do to protect their children from teaching about relationships which they may find unacceptable. This information is in the bulletin."

Nottingham City Council has said it is aware of the leaflets.

Parents have the right to withdraw pupils from these lessons and should discuss this with their headteacher, it added.

A spokesman said: "Schools have a duty to teach sex education. We work with them to ensure it is of good quality. This is important because i t teaches children and young people about inclusive relationships, sex and sexual health in an age-appropriate and balanced way.

"Young people need to have this knowledge to keep themselves healthy and safe as they move into adulthood (reducing teenage pregnancy and STIs).

"We are committed to enabling all our young people to make safe, sensible and healthy choices, both now and in the future.

"We are aware of very small number of these letters being used in Nottingham (less than five). We’ve been continuing to support schools to follow good practice in terms of both curriculum design and delivery but also in terms of parental engagement and dialogue over the content of RSE lessons.

"However, the actual decisions over how RSE is delivered are made at individual school/academy level."

The leaflets being posted to Sneinton residents follows large protests in Birmingham against the teaching of LGBT relationships at primary schools.