Putting Safeguarding First
Our spokeswoman, Tanya Carter, was invited on to GB News today to talk about the 'trans toolkit' which was the subject of legal action by parents in Rhondda Cynon Taff. You can watch the full interview here: Carter was asked whether she thought that children at primary and secondary school should be able to change … Continue reading Our spokeswoman talks about Rhondda Cynon Taff’s trans guidance
The Sunday Times revealed today that Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council in Wales has become the latest council to withdraw its 'trans toolkit' after a school used it to socially transition a child in their care without his parents' knowledge. You can read the full article on the Safe Schools Alliance Facebook page. Our … Continue reading Advice on social transitioning of trans-identified children
Last week the Scottish government released updated guidance for Scottish schools called 'Supporting Transgender Pupils In Schools'. Safe Schools Alliance are very concerned by this document, which promotes only the 'affirmation' method of offering support to trans-identified children. Advocating for a culture in a school where staff keep children's secrets in order to develop a … Continue reading Watch our spokeswoman talk about Scottish trans guidance for schools
Our spokeswomen Tanya Carter and Tracy Shaw were recently invited to talk to a cross-party group of MPs and peers at a meeting organised by Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne. The discussion concerned the way in which lobby groups have been able to bypass parliamentary scrutiny and effect changes to the law and within civil society … Continue reading Watch our spokeswomen talk to MPs and peers
BBC 4 have recently released a documentary film by Sébastien Lifshitz called Petite Fille (Little Girl), the story of a 7-year-old French boy who likes wearing dresses and playing with dolls, and who thought as a four-year-old that he could grow up to be a girl. Sasha is now identified as a girl by his … Continue reading ‘Petite Fille’ on BBC 4: the opposite of acceptance
The Welsh Government consultation on its new Relationship and Sexuality Curriculum is open until 16 July 2021.Responses can be submitted in writing by post or online here: https://gov.wales/curriculum-wales-guidance-and-code-relationships-and-sexuality-education-rse This curriculum will be mandatory for all Welsh children from the age of 3. Parents will not be able to withdraw their children from Relationship and Sexuality Education … Continue reading Help with filling in the Welsh RSE Consultation
The Welsh government is asking for feedback on its proposed 'Relationships and Sexuality Education Statutory Guidance and Code' in advance of the introduction of the new 'Curriculum for Wales' in 2022. The new code will apply to all maintained schools, nurseries, PRUs and local authorities in Wales. Parents, carers, teachers: you have until the 16th … Continue reading Welsh RSE consultation closes 16th July
The Telegraph reports this morning on a series of guidance packs produced for schools by Stonewall, the trans lobby group. Our spokeswoman Tanya Carter explains why Safe Schools Alliance are very concerned about the safeguarding aspects of these. Stonewall's guides inform schools that there should be no single-sex toilets, and that boys and girls should … Continue reading Schools pay for “misinformation from Stonewall” | The Telegraph
In November 2020 the Joint Committee on Human Rights issued a call for evidence on freedom of expression. They noted that "Freedom of expression is an essential foundation of democratic society, guaranteed by the common law and by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights." Safe Schools Alliance has been told by many … Continue reading Freedom of Expression
As reported in The Sunday Times this morning, Safe Schools Alliance has reported Nonsuch High School for Girls to the Department for Education over very worrying safeguarding failures and breaches of the 1996 Education Act. Our concerns include its promotion of the damaging practice of breast binding, as well as providing children with links to … Continue reading Breast binding at Nonsuch High
