Relationships and sex education

Is ‘inappropriate’ sex education ‘widespread’? Keegan doesn’t know

Education secretary also uses claim about '72 genders' thought to originate from a school outside England

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Relationships and sex education

New sex education guidance proposals: What schools need to know

Age limits on 'sensitive' topics, a ban on teaching about gender identity and new content on sexual harassment and...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

DfE will consider new requirement to teach about suicide prevention

Minister: Mental health will be 'priority area' in the upcoming review of relationships, sex and health education guidance

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ofsted: ‘Confused’ schools want clearer guidance on LGBT teaching

Schools want clearer guidance to help them teach about “sensitive and difficult subjects” like sexual orientation and gender reassignment,...

James Carr
James Carr
News

How schools became the battleground of Cummings’s culture war

Schools have been hurled into the centre of a “culture war” by the publication of unexpected guidance thought to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

DfE to clarify ‘intent’ of controversial new RSE guidance

The government is set to issue a statement clarifying the “intent” of additional relationships and sex education guidance published...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

‘Cancel culture’, gender stereotypes and ‘extreme political stances’: What new DfE guidance says about RSE

New guidance on the teaching of relationships and sex education has been published by the Department for Education. The...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ofsted will check school ‘readiness’ to teach relationships and sex education from January

Schools will have their “readiness” to teach the new relationships and sex education curriculum assessed by Ofsted from January,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Schools need official guidance on pupils’ social media safety

An international anti-bullying charity has demanded better guidance for schools on keeping children safe on social media. Sue Jones,...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson