Before you teach
Prepare the classroom, establish safe boundaries and understand what to do if a pupil becomes worried or shares a concern.
Start hereFor teachers, school leaders and safeguarding professionals
FGM education, safeguarding and legal guidance
Practical classroom resources and professional guidance for teaching about FGM accurately, sensitively and with clear safeguarding boundaries.
Plan story-led learning with Cut Flowers, prepare pupils, adapt teaching for SEND and EAL, assess learning, understand reporting duties and protection orders, and connect safely with Freedom Charity’s wider education work.
Begin with “Before you teach”, then select the route you need.
Teaching routes
Choose a short core activity, a two-lesson sequence or the complete Cut Flowers enhanced learning journey.
Plan the learningStudent journey
Preview Chapters 1–10, learning objectives, teacher prompts and evidence of learning.
Explore the journeyUK law, reporting & protection
A practical England and Wales guide to FGM mandatory reporting, suspected risk, protection orders and safe professional action.
Open the legal guideEstablished PSHE resource
Access Freedom Charity’s established Female Genital Mutilation lesson plan and accompanying teacher guidance.
Get the FGM lesson planEvidence & sources
See the official guidance, evidence and source material underpinning this Education Hub.
View sourcesCurriculum, outcomes & assessment
Map the learning, identify what pupils should know and assess understanding without inviting personal disclosure.
Open the planning frameworkCampaigns, training & action
Connect learning to the book, Red Triangle badge, Not in My Name song, professional training and 6 February—without turning safeguarding into promotion.
Explore education in action