Education Secretary Justine Greening said that in addition to putting SRE on a statutory footing, the government also intends to make personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education compulsory in the future.
However, parents will continue to have a right to withdraw their children from sex education.
Greening said the government will make the changes by tabling an amendment to the Children and Social Work Bill. Schools will be required to teach the subject from September 2019.
"The statutory guidance for sex and relationships education was introduced in 2000 and is becoming increasingly outdated," a written ministerial statement made by Greening said.
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