New LGBTQ+ inclusive education curricula are to be integrated into UK schools over the course of the next academic year.
Over the next two weeks, many students will be returning to school for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak. School boards will have until next summer to incorporate the new curriculum requirements into teaching practises.
New teaching topics include consent, pornography and LGBTQ+ rights.A survey from Stonewall’s 2017 School Report.The new regulations follow those in 2019 that introduced mental health and online safety into the national curriculum with the aim to ensure schooling discusses issues that affect children in the 21st century.LGBTQ+ organisation Stonewall has campaigned for a more inclusive education.