article_snippet: Children will also be taught about consensual sex to help vulnerable girls ‘spot, report and tackle abuse’.
article_snippet: Explaining the focus on teaching about sexual consent, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said: ‘
article_snippet: In this modern world where many young women, and for that matter many young men, are exposed to so many pressures day in and day out, surely we have a duty to make sure they know they can say no and know how to do it.
article_snippet: I don’t pretend for one minute that lessons on consent would have been enough to stop the horrific abuse in Rotherham or Oxford.
article_snippet: But I will not rest until I know that we have done everything we can to arm young women and particularly the most vulnerable young women with the information young women and particularly the most vulnerable young women need to spot, report and tackle abuse.
article_snippet: It has already been revealed that schools are to teach pupils as young as 11 about rape and consensual sex.