It’s very difficult to regulate relationships and sex education in schools because the current guidance doesn’t limit what schools can do, England’s education chief said.
It comes after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ordered a review of the Relationships, Sex, and Health Education (RSHE) guidance following concerns from MPs that children are being exposed to “extreme, sexualising” content.
Conservative MP Miriam Cates on Wednesday told Parliament that school children are being taught “graphic lessons on oral sex, how to choke your partner safely, and 72 genders” in parts of their relationships and sex education.
Commenting on RSHE education on Thursday, Amanda Spielman, chief inspector of the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services, and Skills (Ofsted), told The Telegraph, “It’s clear that there are materials being used which have no basis in any reputable scientific, biological explanation or any properly grounded understanding of human relationships.”…