A religious school in the United Kingdom is
apologizing after a homework assignment
required students to define several kinds of
pornography.
The headteacher of Archbishop Sentamu
Academy in Hull said he is “sorry” if the
homework led some students to research it
online and access illicit content. The
assignment, which asked students to
define terms such as “sexting,” “revenge
porn,” “hardcore porn” and “transgender
pornography,” was given to children ages
11 through 14 as part of the “Personal,
Social and Health Education” curriculum,
the BBC reported.
Students were also asked to define the
topics of female genital mutilation and
breast ironing in addition to questions
about alcohol and drug use.
Local parents were outraged.
“I’m just thinking is there kids out there
who have done this work? You would be
scared at what you saw. At 11 I was
playing with Barbies. If they have seen it
they can’t unsee it,” one mother told The
Daily Mail , who asked only to be quoted as
Mrs. Taylor.
The 34-year-old mother continued: “‘She
was only in primary school last year living
her best life, now she is being asked to
search for hardcore pornography. She’s 11,
she should be doing stranger danger, and
don’t share your info online, but genital
mutilation is another thing. It was asking
about male circumcision, breast ironing … I
don’t even know what that is myself.”
“They have been told to use Google and
she would have searched it. I did Google
hardcore porn and some of the images that
came up was quite disturbing.”
The mother explained she was not opposed
to all sex education but objected to content
that would destroy their minds.
Another local man, Leon Dagon, a 25-year-
old with a 13-year-old sister at the school
took to social media to voice his disgust:
“The majority of children nowadays will
now go on the internet to help them with
their homework and if you type that kind of
thing on the internet, God knows what’s
going to pop up.”
“Luckily I found the work otherwise she
would have typed this stuff into Google and
you know what would have come up and
that makes me feel sick. I felt sick thinking
she was going to go onto the computer to
search it up,” he said.
Chay Bell, principal of the school, said in
response to the issue that he was
“genuinely sorry if parents or students
have unnecessarily researched any of
these phrases and for any offense
caused.”
“I have asked that any future materials of
this nature have a clear statement ensuring
students and their parents are aware of
any potentially sensitive content and will
ensure all materials are fully age
appropriate,” he said.
He maintained that students were not
instructed to research the topics on the
internet because the answers to the
questions that students posed were
contained in the teacher-produced
materials that had already been shared.
“The PSHE materials that we share with
students are produced in line with
government guidance, the PSHE
Association Programs of Study and the Sex
Education Forum’s definition of Sex
Education. They also cover the Equality Act
of 2010.”
In recent years, what is known as
comprehensive sex education has
generated significant controversy around
the world, particularly with the rise of
transgenderism where it is being suggested
to young children that some people were
“born in the wrong body.”
Archbishop Sentamu Academy is a Church
of England school that serves “children and
families of all faiths and of none.” Its
mission statement says, “Through Christian
principles, we aim to offer an education
that transforms lives and communiti
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