Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of teachers who have received specialist training on delivering lessons on health, sex and relationships in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) colleges.

The Teacher Voice Omnibus Survey, published by the Department in March 2018, showed that 85% of senior leaders said their school taught the existing Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education and Sex and Relationships Education, although they have different approaches in the way these lessons are taught. 51% of head teachers also said their schools would need a continuous professional development programme and examples of good practice to enable them to teach the new compulsory subjects. The survey can be viewed here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/687010/Teacher_Voice_report_Summer_2017.pdf.

The Department has committed to support schools with implementation, including training for teachers. Additionally, an early adopter school programme is being established to support early teaching of the new requirements, from September 2019. The lessons learned from these early adopter schools will be shared with those working to a slower timetable. The Department will also work with early adopter schools to support the design of the training programme and to refine the supplementary guide.