ParentPower Book Review: Relationship and Sex Education in Schools (RSE) and Catholic Christian Truth (2025) Dr Charlie O’Donnell has produced an excellent resource for Catholic parents entitled ‘Relationship and Sex Education in Schools (RSE) and Catholic Christian Truth.’ It is an outstanding work which concisely and sensitively explains Catholic Christian positions on key issues regarding…
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill — January 2026 Update The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, first introduced to Parliament on 17 December 2024, has now completed its journey through the House of Commons and is being examined in the House of Lords. It is currently at the report stage, a phase expected to continue for…
Girlguides is again just for girls Across the UK 300,000 children are part of the Girlguiding movement which encompasses four different groups for different ages: Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers. According to their ‘equality and diversity’ policy (which lists the ‘protected characteristics’ taken from the Equality Act 2010), Girlguiding is committed to remaining a single-sex…
In the wake of the April 2024 publication of the ‘Cass Review’, there was substantial hope that children would not be subjected to drugs that delay the onset of puberty, known colloquially as ‘puberty blockers.’ In her review, Dr Hilary Cass said that the long-term consequences of so-called ‘puberty blockers’ are entirely unknown, and she…
The Erosion of Individual and Parental Rights in UNESCO’s ‘Reimagining Our Futures Together’ UNESCO’s Reimagining Our Futures Together (2021) presents an ambitious vision for a “new social contract for education” grounded in co-operation, sustainability, and the collective good. It has recently come to attention again because of its renewed prominence at the recent Agenda 2030…
Reform UK accused by Academy Trust of fuelling ‘far-right’ and ‘extremist’ views The shifting sands of the political compass are enough to confound anyone. It is increasingly hard, for instance, to decipher what it means to be ‘left wing’ or ‘right wing.’ Some of the qualities that we might once have ascribed to the ‘right’…
ParentPower pursues the Scouts for pushing gender ideology onto children. In April 2025 ParentPower, in conjunction with Citizen Go, presented a petition — Scouting without ideology: Keep woke gender indoctrination out of Scouts — now signed by over 18,000 concerned parents, to Scouts HQ. As Scouting UK has failed to adequately address parental concerns raised…
UNESCO says homeschooling contravenes the rights of children UNESCO (the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation) have produced a 45 page-long document evaluating ‘homeschooling through a human rights lens.’ The author fails to conceal a distinctly anti-‘homeschooling’ agenda. The publication outlines the need for state regulation of homeschooling to preserve the ‘rights of children’,…
In what appears to be the Government laying some groundwork for the introduction of the ‘Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act ,’ they have just updated the guidance for local authorities on how they should approach the problem of ‘Children Missing Education’ (CME). The term CME describes children not in school and not receiving an appropriate…
We have widely reported on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill which, if it becomes an Act of Parliament, will mean increased restrictions and regulation of ‘Elective Home Education.’ Bristol City Council has long been considered friendly to home educating families. Historically, Bristol families have reported having positive relationships with local education officials and so…
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