Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Ofsted will consider implementation of the new misogyny framework as part of school inspections.

Ofsted continues to consider the effectiveness of a school's safeguarding arrangements and wider work to promote the welfare of its pupils.

The department has developed three main strands of work to prevent and tackle violence against women and girls (VAWG) and misogyny.

Firstly, teaching children about these issues through relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) with an updated curriculum and testing how best to support teachers in delivering RSHE. The curriculum came into force on 1 September 2026 and has strengthened content on healthy relationships and addressing misogynistic attitudes.

Secondly, testing how we can best reinforce messages through leadership, safeguarding, behaviour and culture. This is the new suite of resources to provide schools with a framework for implementing a whole-school approach to misogyny, respect and belonging. The approach is non-statutory and schools and colleges can choose whether to use the resources in full, in part or not at all, and use will not be a specific expectation of Ofsted inspections.

Finally, testing whether there are targeted education-based approaches that may work to combat harmful behaviours. To deliver this, the Department for Education and Home Office commissioned the £16 million VAWG Prevention Programme run by the Youth Endowment Fund, which will identify, test and evaluate the best approaches to teaching about healthy relationships and responding to harmful behaviours.