These include whether children should be taught that people can ‘self identify’ their gender and what young people should learn about various sexual behaviours.
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Yet without clear guidelines, it’s hard for schools to navigate the complex issues at the centre of a culture war. ‘All schools have a responsibility to ensure that lessons and materials are age-appropriate and factually accurate, particularly when using resources that are produced by external organisations,’ they told me. Parents with concerns, he said, should raise them directly with the school.Ī Department for Education spokesperson confirmed it was up to schools to vet RSHE content. This month, Minister for Schools Robin Walker said his department could not advise schools on the suitability of external resources and that it was down to schools to check credentials. However, there is no formal qualification required and no central regulation. Some are new, others part of existing services with a background in sexual health or LGBT+ advocacy. There are dozens of groups offering such a service. Instead, many institutions have turned to external agencies to provide teaching materials, staff training and workshops to pupils. Perhaps it’s no surprise that many teachers feel underskilled in this area, given that at universities academics have been hounded out of their jobs for expressing unpopular opinions on gender issues. In September 2020 - in the middle of the pandemic, which triggered an unprecedented crisis in education - the Government made the teaching of all-new RSHE lessons compulsory across senior schools. Schools have been put in a nearly impossible position.
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However, stories like this suggest some are failing woefully to balance debate. In a world in which increasing numbers of young people are exploring their gender identity and sexual preference, it’s important for schools to be supportive. One of her teachers has said, anonymously, that the pupil was treated like a ‘heretic’ and that ‘by kowtowing to ideology and by inviting in activists and propagandists’, schools were ‘failing in their duty of care’.