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Britain plans new guidance on sex and gender in schools

That will bring education into line with changes in the National Health Service

Original entrance to St. John of Wapping school for boys and girls in Wapping on 7th September 2022 in London, United Kingdom. Both sexes had separate entrances and were segregated. St John's Old School, Scandrett Street, Wapping. The school was founded in 1695, but the present building only dates back to 1756. On the front of the building are statues of two of the pupils in their traditional uniforms. Boys and girls were segregated in schools until the middle of the twentieth century, and used to enter the school buildings by separate entrances. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Teachers in state schools should not try to convert pupils to their religious or ideological beliefs. Relationships, sex and health education (rshe) should be “high quality” and “evidence-based”, delivered in a “non-judgmental, factual way”. So runs guidance issued by the Department of Education (DoE).

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