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Lessons about periods should be compulsory for boys and girls, study finds

A study says school children are not provided with adequate menstruation education

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2025

Teach boys and girls together about menstruation, UCL study argues

Mixed classes would widen children’s understanding and reduce stigma and disinformation about periods, researchers say

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2025

Boys and girls should be taught about periods together in school, academics say

Mixed sessions could help male pupils understand menstruation better and support the females in their lives, a study suggests.

Evening Standard · Aug 20, 2025

Schools to teach anti-misogyny lessons in bid to tackle ‘manosphere’

The guidance comes as the Department for Education warned that misogynistic attitudes had reached ‘epidemic scale’ among young people.

Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2025

Proposed sex education guidance in England goes against evidence and may well lead to harm

The UK government has released new plans for relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) in primary and secondary schools in England. This would see age parameters introduced for key issues in sex education, with no education on sex at all for children under the age of nine.

The Conversation · May 16, 2024

Senior Tory ‘disappointed’ as Government refuses to back sex education strategy

Caroline Nokes said the response to the report, which said Government should focus on engaging boys in sex education, showed ‘a lack of urgency’.

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

Schools know sharing sex ed lessons with parents is vital – it's something they already do

The education secretary Gillian Keegan has written to schools in England stating that they should be sharing relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) teaching materials with parents and carers, even if copyright contracts with external providers of school resources appear to prevent them from doing so.

The Conversation · Oct 30, 2023

Gillian Keegan accused of ‘inflaming controversy’ over sex education teaching

Unions said Education Secretary had chosen to denigrate schools instead of standing up for them

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2023

Unions accuse Keegan of ‘inflaming controversy’ over sex education teaching

The organisations said Education Secretary Gillian Keegan had chosen to denigrate schools instead of standing up for them.

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2023

Gillian Keegan tells schools to let parents see sex education materials

Education secretary’s letter emphasises copyright cannot be used as ‘excuse’ to withhold RSHE teaching resources

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2023