A government review of relationships, sex and health education guidance will consider adding new requirements on teaching about suicide prevention, the schools minister has said.
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has brought forward the RSHE review, which was due in September, after claims from Conversative MPs about “age-inappropriate” lessons being taught in some schools.
Nick Gibb revealed in a Westminster Hall debate that the review will also prioritise children’s mental health.
The minister said while guidance already contained content that is “important in suicide prevention”, the DfE “will look further at this as a priority area for the review and decide whether to add requirements on teaching about suicide”.
