Nicky Morgan, the education secretary, has commissioned new guidance advising schools to teach children as young as 11 about rape and sexual consent. The material will be taught in PSHE classes, and ...

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Children from the age of 11 are to be taught about sexual consent under new government plans. The government said it wanted to give young people a "better understanding of the society around them" so ...

Children as young as 11 will be encouraged to critique the performance of porn stars under government-backed lessons. Youngsters could be quizzed about adult films by teachers in a bid to teach them ...

Chief Executive of the PSHE Association calls on the Government to make Personal Social Health & Economic education part of the national curriculum in the wake of recent child sexual exploitation ...

The Boardmasters Festival is part-funding workshops on consent and relationship issues for teenagers ahead of its 2023 event Students in Cornwall are learning about the legality around consent in a ...

Analysis over more than 2,000 Ofsted reports finds consent mentioned just twice, and pornography mentioned in one single report (Getty) Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) is being “fatally ...

MPs yesterday debated proposals to add Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education, including Sex and Relationships Education (SRE), to the national curriculum. The amendment to the ...

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Primary schoolchildren could be taught the importance of "no means no" under new sex education guidance to combat domestic violence. Children are currently taught about sex as part of lessons in ...

Children from the age of 11 are to be taught about sexual consent under new government plans. The government said it wanted to give young people a "better understanding of the society around them" so ...

A festival based in Cornwall has part-funded workshops for teenagers about relationships and consent issues. The Boardmasters Festival, held near Newquay, has partnered with the Schools Consent ...