'Too often toxic ideas take hold and go unchallenged'

Secondary school pupils will learn about healthy relationships as the Government introduces new measures to tackle violence against women and girls...

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ALL secondary schools in England will have to teach students about healthy relationships to tackle misogyny as Sir Keir Starmer said too often toxic ideas are 'going unchallenged'.

Ministers are set to announce plans to intervene early on worrying behaviour of young people as part of the Government's strategy to halve violence against women and girls (Vawg) in a decade.

Teachers will be given specialist training to talk to pupils about issues such as consent and children who show harm towards parents, siblings or in relationships will be signed up to behaviour change programmes.

Secondary school children as young as 11, mainly boys, could be sent on the anti-misogyny training courses if they exhibit concerning behaviour, the Times reported.

The pilot could be extended to primaries, the newspaper also said. A new helpline will also be set up for teenagers to get help over concerns for their own behaviour in relationships.