Latest News
A glimmer of light begins to shine at the end of a long dark tunnel. In a welcome and long overdue move, the media watchdog Ofcom has become the latest organisation to withdraw from Stonewall’s Diversity Champions’ programme, citing as a reason the need to avoid conflict or a risk of perceived bias. In a statement, while…
Two recent official documents at the end of last year – from the Department of Education (DfE) and from Ofsted – raise the most serious questions about what is actually happening in relation to RSE, or Relationships & Sex Education, due to start in schools at latest in the Autumn Term 2021. On the one…
This month, in the face of rising concerns from parents, the Christian Coalition for Education (CCFE), supported by ParentPower, has taken extensive measures to challenge and advise headteachers across the country of their responsibilities regarding Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE). Separate letters have been sent to primary and secondary headteachers. With the RSE programmes set to…
In the wake of the emerging scandal over allegations of child-on-child sexual harassment and abuse, including rape, VfJUK has written to the Secretary of State for Education, the Chairman of the Education Select Committee, and the Prime Minister, calling for urgent review of RSHE policy and for the removal of all materials that prioritise the liberal…
News has broken this Easter-time of horrific reports of child-on-child sexual abuse and harassment across the nation’s schools (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/schools-cover-up-sexual-abuse-by-pupils-htqjjx05s). There have apparently been thousands of anonymous testimonies of serious sexual abuse and rape in schools from students and alumni. Soma Sara, who founded the website Everyone’s Invited, to provide a platform for her friends where they could share stories of…
Important Message from SPUC Safe at School The new compulsory subjects of Relationships Education in primary schools and Relationships & Sex Education (RSE) in secondary schools, officially came into force in ALL schools in England in September 2020. The new regulations state that parents must be consulted before the governing body of a school makes its RSE policy. However, due…
Supported by VfJUK, ParentPower and SPUC, the multi-faith Let Kids Be Kids Coalition have now served papers calling for Judicial Review of the Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) Regulations. The Regulations, which became mandatory on 1 st September this year, make Relationships Education compulsory for Primary aged school children, Sex and Relationships Education compulsory for Secondary aged school…
Almost four in ten people agree that it is inappropriate for schools to teach a six-year old boy that “being gay is acceptable”, a new survey has shown. “Far from showing negative attitudes towards homosexuals, this reveals the level of public concern for the wellbeing of children,” said Antonia Tully, of the SPUC Safe at…
Calling all parents and teachers. Want to find teaching resources you can trust? Look no further! Relationships Matter – Lovewise has just released new resources for use in primary school Relationships Education! ‘Relationships Matter’ fulfils the Government’s Statutory Guidance for this new subject in the basic curriculum in primary schools in England. This is a…
On June 1st, The Values Foundation launched ‘RSE – Get It Right!’, an education initiative supporting parents, schools and local authorities across England, to ensure children are taught time-honoured, established values within Relationships and Sex Education which will be compulsory in all schools from September 2020. As reported elsewhere on Parent Power, during the past…
ppadmin