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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 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

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

This review of 'Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters' by Abigail Shrier has been written by one of our supporters. The book is a study of the increasingly common phenomenon of gender dysphoria among teenage girls in the USA. It looks at what is prompting girls to identify as the opposite sex, and … Continue reading ‘Irreversible Damage’ review: an alarm call to parents

What Can Parents Do? We are often asked by parents how they can complain when their child’s school is undermining safeguarding. Fortunately there are well established procedures in place to deal with situations like this. All schools will have a complaints policy that you can follow. This alarms a lot of people and some parents … Continue reading How to Complain to your Child’s School

We often come across RSE and PSHE resources which seem to have been written in the belief that 'sex education' means educating children about the types of porn that are available. We have seen pornography described as 'harmless', 'fun' and even 'empowering'. This is not backed up by the evidence. We believe that good quality … Continue reading Porn and children – the facts

One of our teacher supporters, Vicky Miller, posts frequently on Twitter about her concerns for girls' and women's sex-based rights. Recently, she received an email from her branch secretary telling her that her comments "read as transphobic" and asking if she would like "talk about it". With her permission, we have posted her response here … Continue reading A teacher responds to her union

The London mayoral election will be held on the 6th of May 2021. There are five questions that we would like all the candidates to answer 'Yes' to. It should not be difficult for them to do that, given the recent revelations about rape culture in many of London's public schools and the alarming levels … Continue reading London Mayoral Elections 2021: Our 5 Questions

The Sheldon Report, an investigation into child sexual abuse commissioned by the Football Association, has revealed yet more ‘historic’ child safeguarding failures. But are these historic? Or are the same failings still happening today? Does everybody who has concerns always raise them? Or in another twenty years time will we be listening to excuses from … Continue reading The Sheldon Report: has anything changed?

Our supporter Dr Lynne Harne has written this critique of the Teaching Programme ‘Let’s Talk About Porn’ produced by the consultancy South West Grid for Learning. The 'Let's Talk about Porn' programme comes from the private consultancy South West Grid for Learning, whose main work is to assist schools to maintain their own online safety. … Continue reading ‘Let’s Talk About Porn’: a critique