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# Update: Ofsted to mark down schools that exclude LGBTQ+ education
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/update-ofsted-to-mark-down-schools-that-exclude-lgbtq-education/
- Published: 2020-09-19T11:58:08.000Z
- Updated: 2020-09-18T16:13:43.000Z
- Description: New regulations about LGBTQ+ inclusive education means UK schools that fail to teach students about LGBTQ+ matters risk being marked down by Ofsted inspectors.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: Community, Information, News, Politics, Queer Corner, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Education, LGBTQ UK, Ofsted, Stonewall, UK

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New regulations about LGBTQ+ inclusive education means **UK** schools that fail to teach students about LGBTQ+ matters risk being marked down by **Ofsted** inspectors. Ofsted officials [said](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8745357/Ofsted-officials-mark-schools-dont-teach-pupils-LGBT-relationships.html?ref=scenemag.co.uk) they will comment on whether schools have ‘adequate plans’ in place to implement the new curricula. According to new education [regulations](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/lgbtq-inclusive-school-curricula-to-be-implemented/), schools will have to teach students topics ranging from consent to pornography.

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It was confirmed in 2019 that LGBTQ+ inclusive teaching would become official regulation, but this is the first academic year where the new rules will be enforced. [Recent studies](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/nearly-half-of-uk-parents-oppose-lgbtq-inclusive-education/) by **Kantar** have demonstrated nearly half of UK parents had reservations about young children being taught about LGBTQ+ topics, with four out of 10 saying they would not want a six-year-old child to be taught that ‘it’s okay to be gay’. **Craig Watkins**, UK chief executive of Kantar’s public division, told [**Reuters**](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-lgbt-education-trfn/most-britons-accept-lgbt-people-but-concern-over-education-persists-idUSKBN2603HA?ref=scenemag.co.uk) the study shows ‘social progress is not guaranteed’ even though ‘we have come a long way’.

**Mo Wiltshire** of **Stonewall** [believes](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/lgbt-school-curriculum-sex-education-headteachers-supported-614606?ref=scenemag.co.uk) the changes to UK education will be ‘life changing’. They suggested that ‘young people attending schools that accept LGBTQ+ people’ will alleviate bullying and encourage more progressive attitudes towards the queer community.

Autumn 2020 Ofsted inspections will commence this September as the new curricula is integrated into UK school systems.

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