PSHE / RSE safeguarding concerns Many parents have asked us to check the resources that their children’s schools are using to teach Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) and Personal, Social, Health and Economic education (PSHE). We’ve been extremely concerned by the safeguarding failings in some of these.The latest DfE guidance is very clear that if schools … Continue reading SSA UK guidance on Schools RSE and PSHE resources
Supporter success: genderbread resource
The latest DfE guidelines on the teaching of RSE in schools state that external resources used by schools must be 'evidence-based and contains robust facts and statistics' and that 'materials which suggest that non-conformity to gender stereotypes should be seen as synonymous with having a different gender identity should not be used'. We have seen … Continue reading Supporter success: genderbread resource
Teachers are told not to push tomboys to change their gender just because of the way they like to dress or play | Daily Mail
The Daily Mail reports on the Department for Education guidance which addresses the teaching of gender identity in schools and quotes Safe Schools Alliance. The Mail focuses on the harm of suggesting to children that they may be trans if they don't conform to gender stereotypes, and reports on the criticisms that have been levelled … Continue reading Teachers are told not to push tomboys to change their gender just because of the way they like to dress or play | Daily Mail
New DfE guidance on teaching of RSE in schools – SSA UK statement
We welcome the release of new guidance from the Department for Education (DfE) relating to the teaching of Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) in schools. We are pleased to see they have taken our concerns and those of our supporters on board and are beginning to address them. This guidance is largely in line with … Continue reading New DfE guidance on teaching of RSE in schools – SSA UK statement
Government issues gender identity guidance for teachers in England | The Guardian
The Guardian reports on the Department for Education guidance released on the 24th September which addresses the teaching of gender identity in schools. It notes that 'The organisation Safe Schools Alliance said the guidance was “vindication of years of campaigning from” from groups like theirs.'
For parents, the fight to keep sex-segregated spaces goes on | The Telegraph
The Telegraph reports today on Safe Schools Alliance UK's response to the government announcement on the Gender Recognition Act reform, and the work that we still have to do.
No self-id in the Gender Recognition Act
We welcome the news that Liz Truss is not changing the Gender Recognition Act to a process that relies on Self ID. Self ID is an assault on safeguarding. We are delighted to have a minister who is prepared to stand up for the safety, dignity and privacy of women and girls and would like … Continue reading No self-id in the Gender Recognition Act
CBBC’s ‘First Day’ review: Boiling viewers like a frog
This review of the Australian children's TV mini-series 'First Day', now available on the BBC iPlayer, has been written by one of our supporters. The latest Australian import currently being broadcast to our children, courtesy of CBBC, is ABC’s ‘First Day’, a mini-series about a 12- year old boy, Hannah Bradford, who unsuccessfully tries to … Continue reading CBBC’s ‘First Day’ review: Boiling viewers like a frog
Teenager applies for Judicial Review to force the CPS to withdraw from the Stonewall ‘Diversity Champions’ Programme
PRESS RELEASE: TEENAGE GIRL APPLIES FOR SECOND JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE CPS We are delighted to be supporting a teenage girl as she applies for a Judicial Review against the Crown Prosecution Service. The girls believes that membership of the Stonewall Champions Scheme renders the CPS institutionally biased and has applied for the case to … Continue reading Teenager applies for Judicial Review to force the CPS to withdraw from the Stonewall ‘Diversity Champions’ Programme
Feminist Question Time | Tanya Carter of SSA UK
On the 28th of August our Spokeswoman Tanya Carter took part in a Feminist Question Time session organised by the Women's Human Rights Campaign titled 'What's happening regarding gender identity teaching in schools?' Tanya's section was done in a Q&A format. You can view videos of all the questions on the WHRC YouTube channel, which … Continue reading Feminist Question Time | Tanya Carter of SSA UK