In this issue: Please respond to the government’s consultation on PSHE Government does not bring up children – parents do Two new titles from Family Education Trust Annual General Meeting and Conference Local reports Devon Hampshire Alive to the World Northern Ireland Cornwall Ireland London Challenge Team UK Teenage pregnancy: Dissecting the evidence The dangerous …
Sex education plans set out to limit parental influence
Making sex education a compulsory part of the national curriculum would limit the influence of parents, remove discretion from local schools and run counter to the government’s general education policy, according to a new report from the independent research charity Family Education Trust. The Trust’s report, Too Much, Too Soon, is released as the government’s …
Saved sex: the only sure way of halting ‘the silent torpedo’ of the STI world
Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the UK. In 2007, there were almost 122,000 recorded new chlamydia infections, with over 1,700 cases in under-16s. Studies have shown that 10-15 per cent of sexually active young people aged 16-24 are infected with it at any one time. In a new health education …
Bulletin 135: Spring 2009
In this issue: AGM and conference A Good Childhood Home Education Review Broadcasting standards body bows to pressure from contraception and abortion industries over advertising rules Government welfare plans offer incentives to family breakdown Database State Key databases with a focus on children Patient teenagers: the ‘saved sex’ message makes a difference Government misses the …
Government-appointed review group marginalises parents over sex education
Data obtained by Family Education Trust under the Freedom of Information Act reveals that the government-appointed review group on sex and relationship education (SRE) made no attempt to consult parents about what children should learn and when. While the review group sought the views of young people and teachers first-hand, it failed to commission any …