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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kevin Rawlinson

Sex education overhaul in England based on ‘overblown’ claims, say teachers

Miriam Cates claimed children were being given ‘graphic lessons on oral sex, how to choke your partner safely and 72 genders’.
Miriam Cates claimed children were being given ‘graphic lessons on oral sex, how to choke your partner safely and 72 genders’. Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA

Plans to overhaul official guidance on sex education in schools are blowing a perceived problem out of all proportion, teachers’ representatives have said.

The Department for Education (DfE) has set out proposals to introduce age ratings designed to prevent teachers covering some subject matter with younger children, as well as other measures, after the prime minister ordered the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, to bring forward a planned review.

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