'Life Lessons' report: It's time for statutory PSHE education

Published: 17 February 2015

Responding to the publication today (17 February 2015) of the House of Commons Education Select Committee’s report, Life Lessons: PSHE (personal, social, health and economic) education and SRE (sex and relationships education) in schools, Brook’s CEO Simon Blake OBE said:

“Well done to the Education Select Committee for the milestone ‘Life Lessons’ report, which concludes that making personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education statutory is the right thing to do. Now it is time for politicians to take action to safeguard children and young people’s physical, mental and sexual health and wellbeing by following through and making sure all schools offer young people comprehensive PSHE education.”

The Life Lessons report recommends that the Government “formally endorse and issue” the SRE Supplementary Advice issued by Brook, the PSHE Association and the Sex Education Forum in 2014.  

For further information about Brook's work, please click the links below:

• Position statement on sex and relationships education (SRE)
• Education
• Health and wellbeing
• Child sexual exploitation (CSE).

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Notes to editors

Brook believes that young people should have access to great sexual health services and wellbeing support.

Brook provides free and confidential sexual health information, contraception, pregnancy testing, advice and counselling, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections and education programmes, reaching nearly 235,000 young people nationwide every year.
 
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