Ellie Gould's mother campaigns for compulsory relationships education past 16
Carole Gould, whose 17-year-old daughter Ellie was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend, is backing Make It Mandatory, which wants compulsory relationships and sex education to continue past 16.
How it was covered
- BBC One was the only channel found covering it.
- Channel 5, BBC News, BBC Two, Channel 4, GB News, ITV and Sky News: not found in tracked broadcasts.
The Full Story
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Carole Gould, the mother of a teenage girl from Wiltshire who was killed by her ex-boyfriend, is campaigning to extend the age at which school children learn about toxic and dangerous behaviour.
Ellie Gould was 17 when she was stabbed to death. Carole Gould is part of the Make It Mandatory campaign. It says relationships and sex education should be compulsory past 16, when it currently ends.
The campaign also wants a focus on domestic abuse and coercive control. It argues that 16 is the age when many young people start their first romantic relationships, just as this education falls off a cliff.
It says: 'So it's quite ludicrous, really, that this important education is not part of the mandatory curriculum.'
Key Claims
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| Carole Gould is involved in the Make It Mandatory campaign. | |
| Ellie Gould was 17 when she was fatally stabbed. | |
| The Make It Mandatory campaign calls for relationships and sex education to be compulsory beyond age 16, with a focus on domestic abuse and coercive control. | |
Channel Perspectives
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The BBC ONE West report treated the story as a short regional news item, focusing on Carole Gould, the Make It Mandatory campaign and the gap in compulsory relationships and sex education after 16. It gave space to the campaign's rationale, including the point that many young people start relationships at 16, but included no opposing voices or further detail on how the change would work.
- “The mum of a teenage girl from Wiltshire killed by her ex-boyfriend is campaigning to extend the age at which school children learn about toxic and dangerous behaviour.”
- “At 16, these are the ages where many young people embark on their first romantic relationships, just as this education falls off a cliff.”
- “So it's quite ludicrous, really, that this important education is not part of the mandatory curriculum.”
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- 13:39 BST
Carole Gould, part of the Make It Mandatory campaign
BBC News at One including · Mon 19 Oct - 13:39 BST
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