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Holocaust school lessons to be improved after 'shocking' antisemitism review
Education Secretary Lucy Powell says the government will "update and strengthen" Holocaust education within schools after a major review highlighted the "shocking scale" of antisemitism in British society.
Schools and colleges in England will be required to recognise antisemitism as a distinct category of harm and take explicit action against it.
It means anti-Jewish hatred will be treated as a specific safeguarding risk rather than being dealt with through existing measures to stop racism and bullying.
The government has accepted all of the 27 recommendations made in the government-commissioned review including dedicated training for teachers and more consistent recording of incidents.
Schools should recognise antisemitism as distinct form of harm, review says
The review into antisemitism in schools and colleges in England was led by former Ofsted chief inspector Sir David Bell and presented to Parliament on Wednesday.
Powell told the BBC it marked a "generational moment" to re-educate young people, among whom she said the issue of antisemitism was "particularly prevalent".
She said: "It's definitely a crisis and I think it's actually got worse since Sir David began this review. This has become a real challenge for Jewish people in our country, but also Jewish students and Jewish teachers working in our schools and colleges.
"I do really feel it is a generational moment to educate this generation and the next – that is the job of education – to understand what antisemitism is in the modern world."
Speaking on Holocaust education, the education secretary said new lessons will "challenge" some of the concepts that young people have.