We have recently been contacted by parents concerned about the RSE sessions delivered in their children's schools by the School of Sexuality Education. We have looked into this organisation, who say that their "unembarrassable" team provide in-school workshops on "consent, sexual health, porn and positive relationships". What we have found demonstrates a lack of safeguarding … Continue reading The School of Sexuality Education
Gender Recognition Reform in Scotland
We welcome the decision of the Scottish Secretary, Alister Jack, to block the Scottish government's Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) bill on constitutional grounds. The bill, which would have allowed children to apply for a gender recognition certificate from the age of 16 while removing the need for a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, would have made … Continue reading Gender Recognition Reform in Scotland
Is Education Secretary Gillian Keegan afraid to have an opinion?
The new Secretary of State for Education, Gillian Keegan MP, appeared before the Department for Education Select Committee last week to discuss political impartiality in schools. Guidance on this was published by the department in February, and the committee wanted to know how effective this was and whether schools were confident in following it. This … Continue reading Is Education Secretary Gillian Keegan afraid to have an opinion?
Statement on recently published guidance for transgender pupils
Safe Schools Alliance does not welcome the "Guidance for maintained schools and academies in England on provision for transgender pupils” which has been published by the Association of School and College Leaders, Chartered College of Teaching, Confederation of School Trusts (CST), Institute of School Business Leadership, National Association of Head Teachers and National Governance Association. … Continue reading Statement on recently published guidance for transgender pupils
Queer Theory in Welsh Schools
We have previously raised concerns over the anti-safeguarding approach of the Welsh government’s Relationships and Sexuality Education Code, now mandatory in all maintained Welsh schools from the age of 3. Now independent research has shown that the Welsh RSE Code was influenced by elements of Queer Theory that should concern parents. Queer Theory is an … Continue reading Queer Theory in Welsh Schools
DfE Trans Guidance Consultation
We are asking supporters to take action regarding the promised trans guidance from the Department for Education (DfE). In May 2022, the then Education Secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, announced in an interview with The Times that the DfE would be drawing up guidance for schools on how to support children who identify as transgender. He stated that … Continue reading DfE Trans Guidance Consultation
Take action on Scottish sex self-id for English and Welsh school children
We are supporting Fair Play for Women’s action to say no to letting sex self-ID in through the back door. We do not believe decisions made by the Scottish government should affect English and Welsh school children. Fair Play for Women says: “Although last year Liz Truss rejected introducing Sex self-ID for England and Wales, … Continue reading Take action on Scottish sex self-id for English and Welsh school children
Child Q, Safeguarding and Sex Education
This is the edited text of a speech that our spokeswoman Tanya Carter gave on a webinar on the 19th March 2022 organised by the Welsh women's group Merched Cymru, in which she discusses the recently published Child Safeguarding Practice Review on Child Q. "Thank you for having me here today, I’ve been asked to … Continue reading Child Q, Safeguarding and Sex Education
‘Wonderland’ by Juno Dawson: a review
One of our parents discovered that Juno Dawson’s book Wonderland is stocked in their child’s secondary school library. The rationale offered by the school for stocking such books was that the authors come from marginalised groups. Yet according to Wikipedia, Dawson is the author of 22 books; not the hallmark of marginalisation. The school librarian … Continue reading ‘Wonderland’ by Juno Dawson: a review
Safer Recruitment and Safeguarding
This is the text of a speech that Tanya Carter gave last week to a group of concerned parents about safeguarding, Safer Recruitment and our campaigning work. "Hello and thank you for inviting me here to speak on behalf of Safe Schools Alliance. I’m Tanya, some of you may already know me, for those of … Continue reading Safer Recruitment and Safeguarding