Tag Archives: Sex education
Tories ignored legal advice on PSHE, says Balls
Schools secretary Ed Balls has revealed that the Conservatives refused to budge on the issue of the PSHE opt out age even after he sent them “emphatic” legal advice that stated all children should have sex education classes at 15.
During a webchat with the Times Education Supplement (TES), he said that Tory shadow minister Michael [...]
Ceop to meet with Facebook about ‘panic button’
Representatives of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre (Ceop) are due to meet with Facebook executives to discuss the installation of ‘panic buttons’ on all of the social networking site’s pages.
Facebook has previously resisted Ceop’s child safety recommendations preferring to develop their own system of reporting pages.
But Ceop director Jim Gamble pointed to the [...]
Balls slams Tory block on PSHE reform
Ed Balls has been left to reflect on a “disappointing day” after the Conservatives blocked the government’s bid to make sex education compulsory for all school children.
It comes as major blow to Labour’s children’s minister as he attempts to pass his children, school and families bill ahead of the dissolution of parliament.
In a video released on YouTube, [...]
2,000 people sign up to fight mandatory sex education
More than 2,000 people have signed a letter calling on Parliament to oppose government plans to make sex and relationship education (SRE) mandatory for children from the age of five.
The proposed curriculum change, contained in the children, schools and families bill, would also see parents lose the right to pull their children from classes once [...]
Author of sex blog backs PSHE reform
The writer behind Girl with a One Track Mind, a blog-turned-book that reveals the sex life of a 30-something woman, has come out in support of compulsory PSHE lessons.
The proposed legislation, currently being debated in parliament, would see children receiving sex and relationship education (SRE) lessons from the age of five, with parents losing the power to [...]
Schools should do more to fight sexualisation of children
Schools are not doing enough to combat the sexualisation of children, warns a new report commissioned by the Home Office.
It highlights the impact that pop videos, pornography and computer games have on children’s attitudes and states that primary schools should do more to address the media’s influence.
The review, by psychologist Dr Linda Papadopoulos, also reveals [...]
Sex shop owner and daughter of Bodyshop founder talks about sex education