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RSE: What’s your evidence?

Why basing relationships and sex education on fact rather than opinion is more important than ever...

There’s nothing like a radio phone-in to underline just how much passion the issue of relationships and sex education (RSE) can generate – and how easily the evidence, along with children’s best interests, can be lost among the clash of values and feelings.

As I took to the airwaves on Radio 4’s You and Yours last month to explain what’s changing in RSE, I was glad to have an evidence-based approach to RSE as my guide, along with the knowledge that young people, teachers and parents had joined the Sex Education Forum’s call for every child to have a statutory right to high-quality RSE.

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