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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Richard Adams Education editor

Schools in England need more resources to address dangers of porn, teachers say

Pupils walk between classrooms at a secondary school in England.
Delegates to the NEU’s annual conference passed a motion calling for ‘properly resourced’ sex education. Photograph: David Jones/PA

Teachers in England say they need more time, training and resources to tackle the dangers of pornography in schools, against a backdrop of increasing incidents of pupils taking and sharing sexual images.

Delegates to the National Education Union’s annual conference heard that secondary schools were only able to allocate a few hours a year to teach the relationships and sex education (RSE) curriculum in England, giving them little time to discuss issues such as pornography and sexual abuse as they arose.

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