During the NUT’s annual conference in Cardiff, delegates passed a motion calling on members ‘to campaign to ensure a comprehensive age-appropriate content including promotion of LGBT+ matters from nursery throughout all phases of state education.’
They urged the Government to make the proposed statutory sex and relationship education (SRE) ‘inclusive’, arguing that an exclusion of LGBT+ matters could have a ‘significant negative impact upon the health and well-being of students’ who identify with this group.
Kevin Courtney, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said, ‘The goal must be high quality and age-appropriate sex and relationships education across all key stages, which is fit for the complexity of young peoples’ lives today. Implementation must ensure that, in primary, the SRE curriculum covers the whole range of issues, not just relationships.
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