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<p>The Government is committed to an ambitious programme of activity to support good
physical and mental health in children and young people. The Department for Education
is working closely with the Department for Health and Social Care to provide support
for schools so that they can promote good physical and mental wellbeing amongst their
pupils.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this, the Government is making the teaching of health
education compulsory in all state-funded schools from September 2020. Relationships
education will be taught in all primary schools and relationships and sex education
in all secondary schools. Schools are being encouraged and supported to start teaching
these new subjects from September 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory guidance for the
new subjects sets out that pupils should be taught about the similarities and differences
between the online world and the physical world. This should cover the impact of unhealthy
or obsessive comparison with others online including through setting unrealistic expectations
for body image and how people may curate a specific image of their life online.</p><p>The
Department is also producing supporting information for schools on how to teach about
issues related to internet safety across the curriculum. This will cover information
about the types of harms that young people could face online, including the impact
that internet content can have on body confidence, along with guidance about teaching
children how to assess critically what they encounter online.</p><p> </p>
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