Sex education must catch up with this new reality
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Schools Improvement Net
22 Jan 2018
Young people today are growing up at a time when support for right-wing politics is on the rise across Europe. With unemployment rife and the prospects of owning a home diminishing, right-wing groups offer an alternative way for disengaged young people to see the world.
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The Conversation
29 Jan 2018
Children need to see a wider range of careers
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The Guardian
29 Jan 2018
“That’s why it’s crucial that teachers are trained – not just in effective practice, but in safe practice.”
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TES
29 Jan 2018
We recently asked National Education Union members what they thought about the proposed changes to the teaching of Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and PSHE. Respondents were positive about the reforms, but just 28% were confident about their school’s readiness.
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Schools Improvement Net
02 Feb 2018
The UK’s largest children’s charity Barnardo’s have revealed the results of their survey into what worries children and teens.
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Happiful Magazine
06 Feb 2018
In a specially-recorded video message, the duchess will call upon parents and teachers to “give children the emotional strength” they need to “fulfil their true potential”.
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The Telegraph
06 Feb 2018
In a debate about statutory PSHE, MPs also call on schools to teach pupils cancer detection
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TES
07 Feb 2018
William criticised the growing problem of “touched up” pictures during an unannounced visit to a west London academy to discuss cyber bullying and mental health issues at a special school assembly.
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Daily Mail
09 Feb 2018
Christina fell pregnant when she was just 14. Reflecting on her teenage experiences, she says she wishes she had been more confident about saying "No."
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BBC
09 Feb 2018
Researchers say much wider action is needed after a major programme in primary schools in the West Midlands was shown to have made no difference to obesity levels
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The Guardian
09 Feb 2018
External speakers should not be used as substitutes for trained teachers under plans to make sex and relationships education compulsory in all schools, subject experts have warned.
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Schools Week
12 Feb 2018
The Independent reports that more than two-fifths of school leaders said a lack of knowledge of the support needed was stopping them from helping pupils, the survey from children’s mental health charity Place2Be found.
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Schools Improvement Net
12 Feb 2018
The 12 principles of effective sex and relationships education form the core of the Sex Education Forum's recommendations to the government
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TES
13 Feb 2018
In its submission to the Department for Education’s consultation on the implementation of T-levels, the NEU says that while T-levels are desirable, they are not necessarily deliverable.
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FE News
16 Feb 2018
A campaign which aims to give parents the confidence to help their children manage their money online has revealed that online and mobile banking among Halifax customers aged 11 to 18 has increased by 40% in just two years.
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Finextra
19 Feb 2018
Theresa May revealed how the government intends to support children’s mental health, admitting it is a ‘huge problem’
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Happiful Magazine
20 Feb 2018
Hinds barely got his feet under his desk at the Department for Education before announcing that he was scrapping plans for compulsory sex and relationship education (SRE) in schools.
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Politics.co.uk
22 Feb 2018
When staff blur the line between enforcing discipline and exerting power to assert their dominance, it may have the unintended knock-on effect of role-modelling bad behaviours to their pupils, argues Luke Roberts
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TES
23 Feb 2018
A private school in London has abolished grades at key stage 3 to “remove unnecessary levels of stress” and improve pupils’ mental health and wellbeing.
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TES
28 Feb 2018