On Thursday 30th June, Miriam Cates, Conservative MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, lead a debate on RSE in schools. It was co-sponsored by Rosie Duffield, Labour MP for Canterbury and Jackie Doyle-Price, Conservative MP for Thurrock. We were pleased to be able to provide evidence for this important debate, which was vital to shine a …
Category «Family Policy»
Response from Robin Walker the Schools Minister
We are very disappointed with this reply from the Schools Minster Robin Walker in response to our recent letter expressing our concerns with how schools are teaching Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) within schools. We wrote to Mr Walker because so many parents are contacting us since senior leaders at their children’s schools are ignoring …
No fault divorce will not help children and families
As of 6 April 2022, the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020, which removes any notion of fault from the divorce process, has come into force. Couples are now free to get divorced without even giving a reason. Supporters of this change claim that it will have no effect on divorce rates and will indeed …
Spring Bulletin Out Now!
Welcome to the Spring bulletin. The state of the world seems even worse since the publication of our Winter issue. The ongoing tragedy of the war in Ukraine, the rising costs of living and worldwide climate catastrophes make reading the daily news very difficult. So we are very happy to be able to announce that …
White privilege and critical race theory in schools: what’s the problem?
Today on social media we shared the Education Committee’s report “The forgotten: how White working-class pupils have been let down, and how to change it.” The report shows how White British pupils eligible for free school meals persistently underperform compared with peers in other ethnic groups, from early years through to higher education. The statistics …