Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) resources and (b) training her Department makes available to schools on addressing misogyny.

The statutory guidance for relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) emphasises that schools should be aware of issues such as everyday sexism, misogyny, homophobia and gender stereotypes. Schools should take positive action to build a culture where these are not tolerated, and any occurrences are identified and tackled. The guidance states that schools should make clear that sexual harassment is not acceptable, will never be tolerated, and is not an inevitable part of growing up. The statutory guidance can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education.

To help schools to teach the RSHE curriculum, the Department published a range of online Teacher Training Modules, covering each of the key subject areas, including Respectful Relationships and Being Safe. The Teacher Training Modules can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/teaching-about-relationships-sex-and-health. The Department also funded the delivery of a ‘train the trainer’ and peer support programme to schools from April 2020 to July 2021.