It is sad that it wasn't already the law, or so ingrained in all that it wasn't an option to begin with. That being said I attended several schools in the UK a

It is sad that it wasn't already the law, or so ingrained in all that it wasn't an option to begin with. That being said I attended several schools in the UK and I, and those that I know (some attending schools run by the Church of England), was never really taught about creationism or anything of religious affiliation outside of RE lessons. YMMV. It seems to be part of the media-induced fear of creeping extremism in schools after a alleged "plot" by a small number of Islamic extremists trying to take over schools in the Birmingham area (see "Operation Trojan Horse"). I am glad however that legislation is targeting broad strokes religion in the science classroom as opposed to just targeting Islam.