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A new natural history GCSE will be launched next week, focusing on how students can save the planet.

Eligibility will be available from September 2025 and is expected to be announced by Education Secretary Nadeem Jahavi on Thursday.

The Department for Education says this qualification will help students “gain a deeper knowledge of the natural world around them” about living things and their environment, as well as environmental and sustainability issues.

“Students will also develop conservation skills for future careers, from understanding how to conserve local wildlife to conducting the necessary fieldwork for species identification,” the DFE said.

Students have already learned about environmental problems through the study of geography and habitat urbanization in science, but the government says the new course will “go further” to teach them about the history of species and the impact of human activity on the natural environment.

Jahui, who is expected to announce the new GCSE on April 21 when he launches DfE’s sustainability and climate change strategy, said: “Sustainability and climate change are the biggest challenges facing mankind.”

“None of us can doubt how critical they have become. The new natural history will give GCSE young people the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding and understanding of this amazing planet, its environment and how to preserve it. ”

The new GCSE is one of the first to be launched since the qualification reform in 2017.

“The government will work closely with a range of independent experts and stakeholder organizations, including the Cambridge OCR, the Board of Examiners and OfQual to develop detailed content for the GCSE,” DfE said.

DfE added that sustainability and climate change strategies would be designed to help “create excellent opportunities for young people to have excellent knowledge about stem and improve biodiversity and climate resilience”.

Teachers “popping pill” And being on long-term sick leave, due to the culture of non-stop school emails and WhatsApp messages that are “ding and ping” day and night, said at a conference.

Delegate after platform at the annual conference of the NASUWT Teachers Union in Birmingham to condemn the increase in workload and to describe the devastating effects on health and well-being.

Meanwhile, teachers who are being given finger painting, “knit and natter” and mindfulness sessions near the end of their teasers as schools try their best to support struggling workers, are heard at the conference.

Owen Morgan-Lee, a Flintshire correspondent, told members: “We know some colleagues are chronically ill because they are taking pills to rejuvenate themselves. ”

Morgan-Lee said her school tried to help by organizing a wellness session for teachers on the day of the training. She was offered finger-painting in the art department, a round of gold on the school grounds, and “Knit and Natter” in the textile class, but decided to be mindful.

“Sweaty, cold, lying on the floor of the hall, wondering what sounded like my knees, how my toes felt, and what the taste of those grapes was and how it felt on my face,” he said. “I was thinking about the stress, the anxiety, the fear of going back to the classroom, and how many more seconds or minutes I would have to do before logging into my school emails, how many more minutes I would have to do it, because I had reached Nirvana before it was all over.”

“None of this will reduce the workload,” Morgan-Lee said. “All we need is colleagues, real, real change. We don’t need sticking plaster. We need real change in the workload and we need it now. “

Damien McNalty, the union’s national executive, warned that work pressure was pushing teachers out of the profession. “We’ve got a 24/7 culture where telephones, tablets and smartphones are turned on,” and while school leaders can’t respond to emails outside of work, they set up WhatsApp groups that “do something all evening when you ‘ding and ping.’ Trying to rest and relax. “

He says: “It simply came to our notice then. Lots. It’s time for a limit. We will no longer tolerate overwork. ”

NASUWT members unanimously voted in favor of a campaign to limit their working hours and called on unions to promote teachers’ rights for career balance.

According to a NASUWT survey of 4,000 UK members, nine out of 10 (91%) said workload increased last year – 61% said it increased significantly – with full-time teachers working 57 hours a week in the middle of the week. Teachers who took part in the survey said they spent more time in the past year on pastoral care, admin, data and assessment, as well as teaching, distance learning and dealing with parents.

More than four in five (84%) believe their jobs have had an adverse effect on their mental health in the past year, with 52% citing work stress as the main cause.

Dr Patrick Roach, general secretary of NASUWT, said: “No teacher should expect work stress levels to make them sick or drive them out of the job of their choice. Teachers deserve better contracts, which must include a contractual entitlement to their workload and work time. “

The education department has been contacted for comment.

Teachers have expressed concern about the impact of the “Insell” subculture on teenage boys, as a survey found that seven out of 10 female teachers are victims of school bullying.

The NASUWT Teachers Union survey confirmed a significant culture of sexual harassment and bullying in the classroom, with about 60% of participants saying they felt abused by students.

The union, which has 300,000 UK members, said it was “deeply concerned” about the level of regular abuse by women, trans and non-binary members and students.

It also worries about the lack of government initiative to tackle the subculture of “involuntary celibacy” (“insel”), warning that teenage boys are being attracted to their point of view due to a lack of support from other, more appropriate, sources.

The term incense is used for men who define themselves as unable to find a romantic or sexual partner and express online hostility and annoyance towards those who are sexually active, especially women. Discussions on such Internet forums are often hateful and deeply misogynistic.

According to a recent report, Jack Davison, who carried out a riot in Plymouth in 2021 that killed seven people, killed five, has been enthroned by the online Insel community, and data shows that the number of visits to the forum has increased almost six out of nine. Months

Delegates attending NASUWT’s annual conference in Birmingham over the Easter weekend will debate the issue, with a survey of more than 1,500 female members found that 72% had been bullied at their school and more than half (53%) said their school was not doing enough to tackle the problem.

The motion for debate calls on the national executive to lobby the government for Miszini to be recognized as a hate crime. It further states that the Insell community should be considered an extremist group based on “alt-right” attitudes and links to hatred of women, and calls for further research into the impact of the Insell community on young school and college boys, which will be reported back to the conference next year. .

The proposal calls on the union to lobby for fully funded mental health and wellness programs aimed at boys, emphasizing the need for early intervention in mental health services.

Katherine Downs, a high school secondary school teacher in Leeds who proposed the motion, said: “A survey in October 2021 suggested that among the five ‘hops’ of a non-insole, there was a 6.3% chance of an insole-related video being suggested by YouTube. Was. Related videos. Considering the amount of time our young people spend on social media, 6.3% is too much. It clearly shows the dangers of failing to support and improve the mental well-being of boys in school. “

According to the NASUWT poll, abuse occurred across the school community – 58% from students, 45% from senior leadership team, 42% from other teachers, 30% from their head teacher and 27% from parents.

The majority of respondents complained of intimidation, abusive or professional behavior (76%), comments about power (51%), intelligence (33%), body (32%), teaching style (30%) and dress (29%). Where sexual and physical violence have been reported in 3% of cases.

One in 20 people said the abuse was posted on social media, including Facebook, WhatsApp and TickTock. Of the respondents who reported abuse at their school, 45% said no action was taken, and one in five teachers said they were not trusted or had their claim dismissed. Two in five said abuse affected promotional opportunities, and more than a quarter (27%) said it affected pay.

The survey participants provided a long list of examples of the types of abuse they faced. One says: “Children regularly make sexist comments about the role of women at home and at work. Children comment on feminism as a terrible thing and interpret it as male hatred or even a desire to kill men.

Another teacher wrote: “Students expose themselves during lessons, make sexual gestures, use sexual sounds during lessons to intimidate.”

Another contributor said: “Year 9 boys in class are asking if I used to have a breast implant. The students pressed my back into the corridor. “Another said:” When I was in teacher training, my mentor said he would ‘tie me up and rape me.’

Regarding the abuse from coworkers, one said: “Only male members of the WhatsApp group have been included in the staff. A member of the SLT commented that I was excited and several teachers agreed. “Another reported:” Senior leaders are dismissing and underestimating female teachers in front of male students. Male students are ignoring female teachers’ instructions. “

Dr Patrick Roach, general secretary of NASUWT, said: “It is shocking that so many female teachers are being subjected to such horrific abuse in their workplace. Our schools and colleges must be safe places for all staff and no woman should ever be harassed, intimidated or intimidated just by going to work. ”

An official spokesman said: “Under no circumstances should teachers be abused just for doing their job. Any reports of sexual violence or sexual harassment to school leadership groups should be taken seriously.

“Education workers should receive regular safety training to help identify and manage incidents of abuse and harassment among their students or staff.”

According to a survey of teachers, seven out of 10 teachers in England considered resigning last year, with more than half citing pay as the main reason.

More than half of those surveyed said they were forced to reduce their spending on food, while one in 10 took a second job and others resorted to food banks and other charitable aids.

The NASUWT teachers’ union, which conducted a survey of 11,000 teachers ahead of its national conference in Birmingham on Easter weekend, said there would be an “unprecedented recruitment and retention crisis” without significant pay increases.

The government has promised to raise the salaries of newly qualified teachers in state schools, raising them from 25 25,000 to ,000 30,000 by 2024, a promise the Conservative Party made in its 2019 election manifesto.

But for teachers who have been in the classroom or in a senior role for more than five years, the salary increase will come at a much lower cost. According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, these teachers will face a 5% actual pay cut over the next two years instead.

Delegates at the NASUWT conference will debate a proposal calling for possible industrial action if the government does not want to discuss teachers’ salaries.

Nearly two-thirds (64%) of those surveyed complained about their salaries and said they felt the government was treating them unfairly. Only 1% said the perceived teacher pay scale was right.

As the crisis of life began to subside, nearly nine out of 10 (89%) said they were very worried or somewhat worried about their financial situation. Seven out of 10 (68%) have reduced clothing costs, about a quarter (24%) have either increased their credit usage or applied for a payday loan, and more than half (56%) have lost savings.

11% of those surveyed said they took a second job and only 3% resorted to food banks or other charitable aids.

Dr Patrick Roach, general secretary of NASUWT, said: “Teachers across the UK and at every stage of their careers are seriously questioning whether they can afford to continue one more year in the teaching profession without a pay rise that could meet skyrocketing costs. Alive

“The government has consistently failed to warn teachers that the 12-year salary cuts and continuous pay cut tolls can no longer be tolerated. We are now living in a dark reality where teachers have no choice but to look for a second job, cut back on food supplies and even rely on food bank assistance. “

Shadow School Minister Stephen Morgan says Labor is committed to hiring thousands of new teachers to fill vacancies. “The subsequent Conservative government and the two years of chaos during the epidemic have put pressure on school staff, leading to a record number of school dropouts.

“School staff is being invested in the learning and development of children. Among failed teachers, conservatives are failing our children. “

The pre-conference resolution this weekend states that “unless significant pay increases and restructuring for teachers, a huge recruitment and retention problem in the teaching profession will continue.” It adds: “The conference is concerned that we have lost many teachers in the first five years of their careers and that teaching should be an attractive profession in contrast to other undergraduate professions that reward and celebrate experience through fair and equitable pay.”

A spokesman for the Department of Education said: “Our latest proposals on teacher salaries set out how we will pay £ 30,000 starting salary for teachers by 2023/24, as well as the highest paid teacher salary award from 2006 to 2022/23.

“We understand that the rising cost of living is a matter of concern for people across the country. We balance rewarding teachers for their hard work – and attract the brightest and best in the profession – a pay system that is appropriate and affordable for taxpayers. “

A News of a little student loan, why not? The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) recently noted that some UK students and graduates will pay up to 12% interest on their loans from September, before the rate cuts in March 2023, which will raise interest rates (for now, however). This huge, short-term spike in cap costs comes just days after announcing changes to the entire system, with graduates increasing their loan repayment time to 30 to 40 years and lowering the repayment threshold. Forty years of debt in exchange for “learning English, but a little more” seems to me fairly inconsistent, though that is probably the point now.

Whenever something like this happens – a huge student finance mechanic who inevitably decides whether to go to university or not fill up more than before, and it happens every few years like clockwork – I wonder what the end game is all about. Do we want smart people to pay the price for being smart forever? Do we want everyone to be indebted forever? Do we want to be in this society? Well, apparently, yes.

One of the problems here is that everyone in their 30’s or older has their own deep-seated and old opinions about students, so no one really cares what they’re doing right now. This opinion falls into three categories. First, you didn’t go to university yourself and still get fined, in which case you think students are functional isolated people who need a humiliating day to graft them hard to sort them out (that’s fine, you’re allowed to think that). Another strand of thought is not exactly anti-education, but anti-student, stuck in the late 80s Ben-Elton-and-Viz concept, where they always wear very embarrassing hats and stay right. We do not like sympathetic politics in this country, so it has a large constituency. Third and I think the most important way to think about students is this huge, soul-styling self-deprecation: you remember how unbearable you were personally as a student – you wore that charity-shop suit jacket everywhere! You ass! – And you want to keep modern students from making the same personality mistakes that you made, and the only way you can justify this is to get them into decades of debt. Actually, I don’t return this one. I don’t want to financially support my 20 year old version. He lay down after jeans and ate pot noodles for breakfast. A helpless little boy.

But without these three years of university, the long-paragraph you enjoy reading today, I simply could not have flourished in that long-paragraph genius, and confuses the fact in this student loan that a university education often says a good thing in itself. I think so. “It’s just graduation tax” and “How else would you pay for it?” Some people become the best version of themselves through university, others develop best when they go straight to a business, and some people find their feet in the dirty water of the workplace. There are many people who fall short of these broad options but for the most part, the university works for those who go. And yet we in England seem to be actively committed to making it as cost-effective and off-putting experience as possible.

In just three years now, he has been making bolognese walks, making brief and intimate friendships with a French girl, writing essays in pound-a-pint nights, and the cool dark fog of night. Now at the age of 17 you can decide about the university Matter, One ounce per; The whole thing has become a lifelong mortgage account where your future self is in balance. Nice two A’s and A’s B’s you got there. It would be a shame if the only effective way to deal with them was to take on a constantly growing loan of thousands of pounds, which we change the terms whenever we want.

It won’t be the last student loan disaster and it’s not the most significant yet, but it will be a footnote on the Wikipedia page on how the entire higher education system in England collapsed when Nick Clegg saw goggles on VR from California over the past few years. The war has turned, among those who have been fined and among the youth who will never really, and this kind of unimaginable generational punishment is now equal for the course. A reminder if you haven’t been to the job market hell lately: you need a degree to qualify for an entry-level job by filing in a dimly lit office in any major UK city. How do we change that? If that doesn’t happen, it’s time to dump her and move on.

• Joel Galby is a writer for The Guardian and Vice and the author of Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant.

A teachers’ union is forming a partnership with education experts to “critically question” the government’s plans for a model history curriculum in England, as its leaders warn that a cultural war continues over what should be taught in the classroom.

Mary Bosted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said it was joining the Runnimid Trust and others to monitor changes in the history curriculum announced by the government as part of the Seville report on race and ethnic discrimination.

“We want to make sure that all aspects of black history, culture and perspectives are properly recognized throughout the year. And it must focus on the views of those who were colonists or their descendants, “Bosted told delegates at NEU’s annual conference in Bournemouth.

The Department of Education plans to create a model history curriculum for school use by 2024 with the help of “experts, historians and school leaders”. The ministers tried to reassure critics that the curriculum would be diversified in a way that was “meaningful, not tokenistic.”

Boosted said he was “mocked” by the right-wing media and endured a “storm of anger” on social media when he said he was not interested in a curriculum consisting only of the work of dead white men.

“All that shows me, personally, and all of us politically, is that the war of culture is furious and constantly furious, and they consume anyone who dares to challenge the narrow, single cultural foundation on which the current national curriculum, including all its hypotheses.” Based on strong knowledge, ”said Boosted.

The partnership with the Runnymede Trust and other education experts will serve as a “point of critical inquiry” into the government’s planned changes, Boosted said.

At its annual conference, union representatives had earlier passed a resolution calling for a campaign to colonize the school curriculum.

The UK Statistics Authority says it is investigating the use of DFE statistics by schools in white paper, following the announcement by NEU leaders that the union has made a formal complaint.

Kevin Courtney, NEU’s joint general secretary, said the union had complained to the Statistics Observatory about “this shameful, intentional misuse of statistics and deliberate suppression of relevant data” in DfE documents to support local authorities’ demand to convert schools into academies. Improved their offstead grade.

Boosted pledged to defeat the government’s goal of converting all public schools in England into academies by 2030, calling the White Paper a “final blow to zombie education ideologues with zombie education policy”.

A Cambridge University college has spent 120 120,000 to remove a monument to its chapel from a 17th-century philanthropist who was heavily involved in the slave trade.

Sonita Allen, a master at Jesus College, defended the decision to sue and criticized the “old” church process that ended in the college’s defeat, the Guardian reported.

The controversial memorial was the subject of a three-day court hearing in February, where the college needed permission from the Diocese of Eli to remove the plaque from the chapel wall, where it would deter community members from worshiping, and move the college elsewhere.

Allen, who was the first black master at an Oxbridge college, voted in favor of seeking permission to relocate the Fellow Memorial after the study revealed the extent of Tobias Rust’s 30-year involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.

“It simply came to our notice then,” Allen wrote. “From an ethical point of view, Rustat’s activities helped finance the slave factory off the coast of West Africa. This enabled the ships to transport thousands of slave women, children and men in the middle. And that led to the deaths of these people in the Caribbean and the American killing fields. “

Last month, however, the relevant court ruled that the monument was opposed on the basis of “a false statement” that the monetary reward was derived from Rustat slavery and ordered that the memorial should remain in the chapel. Jesus College has since ruled against an appeal, but has called on the Church of England to find a way to resolve issues of racial injustice and a conflicting tradition.

“There was no question: we have to fight this case,” Allen said. “As a result, the college will spend about £ 120,000 on an old process that had very few options but to follow, the dominance of lawyers, and which were wrongly designed to address sensitive issues of racial justice and a competing tradition. The church is certainly better than that.” Will develop. ”

Throughout the process, Allen said he felt that the Roost Memorial was being weighed more than he had helped 150,000 Africans travel in slavery. “After considering the verdict, I believe that this process is incapable of accounting for the living experience of people of color in Britain today.”

He compared Rustat’s opposition to the admission of female students to the university. She said female students were admitted for the first time just two generations ago. Opposition groups called for a 483-year-old male-only access. Their argument proves to be absurd. The buildings were rebuilt and new arrangements and traditions were created. As a result, the college is much more beautiful today, and much more exciting academically. “

He added: “I am proud to be the master of an institution like Jesus College. The calm discussions and conversations that began with the Fellows in May 2019 did not shy away from difficult topics or this move. It is part of our journey toward justice. It’s important for Jesus College, and it’s important for the Church of England. “

Many veterans of the Church of England, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, have expressed their support for the relocation of the Allen and Memorial.

A London teacher has been awarded 850,000 in compensation for punching and kicking a student in the face with a history of violence against other children and teachers during a science lesson.

The attack was so severe that it left her with severe mental trauma that resulted in her being sentenced twice under the Mental Health Act for her own safety, according to her trade union, NASUWT.

Since then he has not been able to return to the classroom and medical experts say he is less likely to work as a teacher again, hence the size of the settlement which is considered a record in such a case. The teacher has worked for an academy chain whose insurers will bear the bill.

The incident took place in January 2017 when the teacher was taking science classes at an anonymous academy in the capital. In an account of the attack published on the NASUWT website, the teacher said, “After the previous incident, the student was suspended for three days and I was assured that they would no longer attend my classes.”

However, when the student returned to school, he got up in class. “When I saw him at the beginning of the class, I told him he shouldn’t be there and tell him to leave, and he went out and locked the door,” said the teacher, speaking on condition of anonymity.

“I went back to the door and did not realize that he would return to the room. The rest is a bit vague as he attacks me again. The worst thing is that the school knew this student was in danger. This is not the first time he has been violent – he has been violent towards other children and teachers. “

The last attack of his career resulted in physical and mental trauma, including head injuries, tinnitus, hearing loss, trauma, back and ankle injuries, as well as PTSD and serious depressive disorder.

The £ 850,000 personal injury reward was part of a m 15m compensation that NASUWT secured for its members last year in a variety of areas, including unjust dismissals, discrimination, bullying, trade union-related damages and health and safety.

The case was detailed and disposed of on Thursday, ahead of the NASUWT National Conference in Birmingham over the Easter weekend.

In a separate case, a Welsh drama teacher was paid about £ 80,000 after being fired from his classroom in 2013 after developing life-threatening asthma. There were several problems after the renovation, including cracks in the classroom walls and cracks in the floor.

The teacher suffered from constant headaches, rhinitis, coughing and shortness of breath while teaching and eventually had an asthma attack at school and was taken by ambulance to the hospital where he was diagnosed with late-onset asthma, probably due to his working condition. . NASUWT has succeeded in bringing about demands for unjust dismissal and disability discrimination.

Dr. Patrick Roach, General Secretary of NASUWT, stated: “Although compensation is personal and in some cases, recognition of the financial loss suffered by members, it can never compensate for the effects of unfair treatment, discrimination and physical injury on individuals. .

“The money paid cannot compensate members for the emotional, physical and psychological pain they suffer, and the fact that, for some, their experience has left them unable to continue working in their education.”

He said these cases could be the tip of the iceberg. “There is no doubt that many other teachers will be fired without proper redress for poor, discriminatory or unjust treatment because they were too afraid to come forward or believed that nothing could be done.”

The National Union of Students (NUS) is set to expose itself to an independent investigation into anti-Semitic allegations following a wave of complaints from Jewish students and the intervention of former NUS presidents and senior political figures.

The announcement came after a crisis meeting of the NUS board on Wednesday, which issued a statement saying there could be no place for anti-Semitism in the student movement and promised to resolve any wrongdoing.

The statement said, “We are hearing concerns and are deeply concerned about the pain and trauma we are experiencing.”

“We will take any and all steps necessary to remedy any wrongdoing and rebuild trust with Jewish students as well as our members, partners and stakeholders.”

The announcement comes after more than 20 former NUS presidents, including three former cabinet ministers, sent an unprecedented personal warning to the organisation’s trustees, urging them to address the concerns of Jewish students.

Among those who signed the leaked letter to the Guardian were former cabinet ministers Jack Straw, Charles Clark and Jim Murphy, shadow health secretaries, Wes Streeting and Labor peer Mayev Sherlock. “This is not just a matter of protecting NUS’s reputation, but of respecting NUS’s proud anti-apartheid policy,” the letter said.

NUS says the investigation will cover all public allegations made over the past two months about NUS and its president-elect, Shaimaa Dallali – in particular, the decision to invite rapper Loki to one of its events, as well as the widespread culture of anti-Semitism within its ranks.

“In relation to the president-elect, an independent investigation will look into various allegations and actions that have been alleged to have taken place over the past decade,” NUS said.

Dalli’s comments on social media have been criticized by the Union of Jewish Students (UJS), which included a post when he was a teenager, which read: “Khaybar Khaybar O Jews … Muhammad’s army will return to Gaza,” one noted. AD628 genocide. He has since apologized for the post.

In addition to independent investigations, NUS has promised to meet regularly with UJS to “listen to concerns, receive input, and see how we can move forward together.”

“We will appoint a highly respected independent team to investigate and we will consult with the UGS on the appointment,” NUS said. “Anyone who is hired must have the confidence of the Jewish students.”

NUS added that it adopted the definition of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance in 2018 and in the recent past, it has worked on anti-Semitism, removed a member of the National Assembly in 2018 and removed the candidate in 2019. Anti-Semitic policy.

The chairman of the Commons Education Committee, Robert Halfon, has called on the NUS to investigate the allegations. NUS responded that it was not a charity and therefore was not the subject of such an investigation. “However, NUS voluntarily maintains its highest standards,” it added.

Last week, Higher Education Minister Michelle Donnelly warned that the government could suspend its involvement with the union over the allegations. Donnelly called on student unions across the country to “consider deflation until things improve quickly.”

NUS replied: “We hope that this will not happen and government colleagues will be satisfied that we are taking swift and appropriate action to address the allegations.”

Teachers say they need more time, training and resources to tackle the dangers of pornography in schools against the backdrop of increasing incidents of students taking and sharing sex pictures.

Delegates to the annual conference of the National Education Union heard that secondary schools in England were able to devote only a few hours a year to teaching Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) curriculum, giving them very little time to raise issues such as pornography and sexual harassment. They got up.

John Reddford, a teacher in North Somerset, told the conference that he had recently experienced “a really horrible incident” at his school involving 11-year-old students that could have been avoided with further RSE education in previous years.

“Before it appeared to the staff it was a long time ago that several girls were taking clear pictures of themselves and sending them to their boyfriends, which was then being shared around. It later emerged that the girls were being pressured by their boyfriends to do so, “said Reddford.

“It simply came to our notice then. The fact that such images were readily available to 15- and 16-year-olds, and the fact that they did not have a place in school to discuss them in a way that was appropriate for adolescents, made it more difficult for us to deal with it. “

Reddyford said it was important for the union to take a stand on the issue, “because the impact it had on us in the ’11s was enormous and we could have dealt with it better at that time.”

Bournemouth delegates unanimously passed a resolution calling for “properly funded, high quality” relationships and sex education in schools and colleges, as well as the continuous recording and reporting of sexual harassment, abuse and violence online and offline.

Amy Fletcher, a teacher at Tower Hamlets who led the movement, said: “We must acknowledge that young people will be curious about sex, and may turn to pornography if they do not get a good RSE at school.”

Sarah Byrne, a spokeswoman for Hackney, noted that the NSPCC had observed that one in 20 elementary school students shared nude photos with each other.

Byron said staff were expected to teach the current curriculum “with zero training, importantly, with the need to tackle pornography. At my school it would be a fortnightly hour. ? ”

Mary Bosted, joint general secretary of NEU, says young children may accidentally come into contact with pornography “due to algorithms” used by social media, many lacking the maturity to understand or adapt.

“There needs to be enough time in the school curriculum for relationships and sex education to empower young people around key areas of consent, self-worth and respect, as the level of sexual harassment is deeply ingrained in school and society and causes real harm and abuse,” Busted said. .