Education: Sex and Relationship Education Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Education: Sex and Relationship Education

Baroness Brinton Excerpts
Tuesday 18th June 2013

(10 years, 11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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Nobody wishes to deny the importance of the points that the noble Baroness makes. I will be delighted to meet her, and I would like to understand more about this issue.

Baroness Brinton Portrait Baroness Brinton
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My Lords, given that, it seems, everyone who has asked a question today agrees that teachers are the best people to deliver specific sex and relationship advice to their pupils, when were the guidance notes on best practice in schools updated?

Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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The most recent guidance is from Ofsted, which recently introduced a very good report. Part B of that report contains some excellent recommendations on best practice. They flag up a number of very useful resources available to teachers, including the Sex Education Forum.