The silencing effect of toxic ideology in schools
A guest post by Craig Rickards, an experienced music teacher who has worked at an all-girls secondary school in England for over thirty years. We are grateful to Mr Rickards…
Social transition in schools, teacher training, PSHE classes, transgender policies
Is your school a Stonewall School Champion?
We hear from many parents whose children attend a Stonewall School Champion school. If parents point out to the Head teacher that Stonewall’s advice is incompatible with the new DfE…
Keira Bell – what does the court judgment mean for schools?
The High Court ruled in the case of Keira Bell and Mrs A v the Tavistock that children under the age of 13 are ‘highly unlikely’ to be able to…
The new Department for Education RSE guidance: what should schools look out for?
The new Department for Education guidance on the teaching of Relationships and Sex Education re-establishes common-sense and evidence-based reality in schools. Although the new guidelines are for the RSE and…
“You will be told that gender is innate and that you’re not a proper girl”
This testimony was written for us by a mother and a teacher whose daughter once thought she was a boy over a period of three years. She is a member…
Launch of our RSE Guide for Schools
Today we launch our Inclusive Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) guide to the government's statutory RSE guidance and resources from external providers. Our RSE guide is designed to help parents…
Educate & Celebrate – smashing heteronormativity in the classroom
This is Elly Barnes, CEO of the LGBT organisation Educate & Celebrate, in her own words: “we’re trying to smash heteronormativity … not everyone identifies as heterosexual or as male…
Stonewall turns its attention to children with SEND and autism – our full report on Stonewall schools guidance since 2015
In March, Stonewall published a new schools guide ‘An Introduction to Supporting LGBT young people’, replacing the guide of the same name published in 2015 which is no longer available…
The Proud Trust : Nothing to be Proud of
by Shelley Charlesworth The Manchester based Proud Trust could be a case study in how the trans issue has increasingly come to dominate many groups which were originally set up…
Parliamentary briefing: teaching ‘gender identity’ in the RSE curriculum
Yesterday (February 26) we took part in a Parliamentary Briefing on the new RSE curriculum in the House of Commons convened by the Lords and Commons Family and Child Protection…