TO VIEW AN INTERACTIVE MAP OF “STONEWALL CHAMPION SCHOOLS” CLICK THE ABOVE IMAGE OR HERE In 2016 Stonewall issued a new anti-bullying resource for primary schools, with the express aim of ‘preventing and tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying’. It had already developed a range of resources offered to older children (https://www.stonewall.org.uk/best-practice-toolkits-and-resources-0 ), but this…
The law establishing the new framework for Relationships & Sex Education was passed last year. From last September, with encouragement and funding from the Department for Education (DfE), “early adopters” have been trialling the new regime of Relationships Education in Primary Schools and Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) in Secondary Schools before they become mandatory…
Advice for parents on Relationships & Sex Education (RSE) The Statutory Instrument or Regulations enforcing the new compulsory subjects of Relationships Education (primary), Relationships & Sex Education (secondary), as well as Health Education, passed into law on 9th May 2019. The associated Statutory Guidance regarding the content and delivery of these subjects was approved and…
Relationships Education in primary schools and Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) in secondary schools will be compulsory from September 2020. There has been much written in the press and on online media that has confused concerned parents and put conscientious leaders of schools under pressure. In order to bring some clarity, The Values Foundation has…
The current, controversial programme called “No Outsiders” being promoted in various schools has led to a storm of protest from parents. It has been the most divisive single educational measure in recent years. Parents have removed their children from schools; staff have lost their jobs for protesting against it on behalf of their own children;…
The draft RSE Regulations, currently before Parliament for approval, are scheduled to come into force on 1st September 2020, but schools are being encouraged to implement changes as soon as possible. The Government has said that all teaching delivered as part of RSE must promote acceptance of LGBT lifestyles and identity, supporting gender ‘equality’ and enforcing…
Dear Headmaster/Headmistress, I would like to exercise my legal right under S 405 of the Education Act 1996 to withdraw my child(ren) (son/daughter as preferred) from Sex Education classes in your school as follows: (quote classes) In this I am also exercising my right under the Human Rights Act 1998 Protocol 1, Article 2 that…
PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVICE PACK – SUMMARY ParentPower has had a stream of enquiries this year, and it is clear there are distinct areas of education where parental rights are being ignored, overridden or deliberately treated with contempt. This is particularly the case with parents who have a religious faith – though the rights of…
A recent Panorama report has revealed data from 38 of the 43 police forces of England and Wales showing 30,000 reports of child-on-child sexual assault in the last four years, marking a 71% increase. They further revealed that 2,625 offences – with 225 alleged rapes – occurred on school premises, including primary school playgrounds, while…
This is the title of a recent Panorama programme, which investigated the hidden world of child sexual abuse when it is perpetrated by another child. Known as peer-on-peer abuse, it is happening in classrooms and on the playgrounds of schools (often primary) up and down the country. Is this a new phenomenon, or are we…
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