{"id":86050,"date":"2017-11-06T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=0480a067e5d50441f856eebcad58c583"},"modified":"2017-11-06T12:02:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T12:02:00","slug":"news-story-relationships-and-sex-education-for-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=86050","title":{"rendered":"News story: Relationships and Sex Education for the 21st Century"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Education Secretary Justine Greening has today announced that Ian Bauckham CBE will provide the Department for Education with advice on how relationships education, including relationships and sex education for older children, should be taught in schools.<\/p>\n

With 32 years\u2019 experience as a teacher, and 13 years spent as a headteacher, Ian has worked in a variety of roles, including heading up the Association of Schools and College Leaders in 2013 and 2014.<\/p>\n

As part of his new role, he will speak to parents, teachers, children and other interested groups about the topics that young people today need to understand to stay safe and happy, including age-appropriate content on mental wellbeing, keeping safe online and LGBT<\/abbr> issues.<\/p>\n

Education Secretary Justine Greening said:<\/p>\n

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We want all young people to feel equipped to have healthy and respectful relationships, so they can succeed in adult life in modern Britain. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve committed to making sure more children learn these important lessons as they grow up.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m delighted that Ian Bauckham will be working with us to gather views from a variety of interested stakeholders and to make sure we are reaching as many people as possible.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Ian Bauckham CBE said:<\/p>\n

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As we work to update relationships and sex education and consider the role and importance of PSHE in schools, I am looking forward to meeting and hearing from a wide range of interested parties. Schools, pupils, parents, teachers and a range of groups with valuable experience in these areas will have important views and insights to share to help the government shape the next stage of schools\u2019 work on RSE and PSHE. As a teacher and headteacher I am pleased to be able to contribute to this important work which will help to make our young people safer and better prepared for the complex world in which they will live.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Relationships and sex education is a key part of the government\u2019s wider plan to ensure every young person has the essential knowledge they need to stay safe and develop healthy relationships.<\/p>\n

Currently only pupils attending local-authority run secondary schools \u2013 which represent around a third of secondary schools \u2013 are guaranteed to be offered Sex and Relationships Education as currently delivered.<\/p>\n

The teaching of this important subject in schools is supported by the wider public. Recent surveys show that:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 91% of parents believe all pupils should receive lessons to teach them about the risks of sexting, as well as other issues such as contact from strangers online; and<\/p>\n

\u00b7 74% of 11 \u2013 15 years old believe that children would be safer if they had age appropriate classes on relationships and sex education.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ian Bauckham to advise government on improving Relationships and Sex Education in schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86050"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86060,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86050\/revisions\/86060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}