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
Aida H Dee and the Drag Queen Story Hour summer tour
The Times and The Daily Mail both quote Safe Schools Alliance in articles this week about drag queen Aida H Dee reading stories to children in UK libraries. The Times article notes that we have written to Dame Rachel de Souza, Children's Commissioner for England about this. We believe that Drag Queen Story Hour is … Continue reading Aida H Dee and the Drag Queen Story Hour summer tour
The Sex Education Free-for-all
The Times quotes Safe Schools Alliance in its report today on the dangerous and misleading "sex education" from external providers that some schools are using for Relationships and Sex Education. The article particularly focuses on the provider Bish which offers an online resource for teenagers and parents. The Times reports that this describes prostitution as … Continue reading The Sex Education Free-for-all
Future of Legal Gender
In 2020 our spokeswoman Tanya Carter was interviewed for the Future of Legal Gender project, based at King's College London. The final report of this project has now been published. The Future of Legal Gender was a mock law reform project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, exploring the implications of reforming how English law deals … Continue reading Future of Legal Gender
The Family Sex Show
The Daily Mail quoted Safe Schools Alliance in its recent report on the Family Sex Show, which was due to be held at the Theatre Royal in Bath. After considerable public protest, including a petition signed by 38,000 people, the show was cancelled. It did however go ahead as a private performance. We do not … Continue reading The Family Sex Show
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
Survey asks children as young as 13 when they first had sex | The Telegraph
The Telegraph quotes Safe Schools Alliance in its report on a Welsh government-backed survey into children's experiences with sex. This is an excellent article exposing the Welsh Government's misuse of £1,137,584 of public money on a poorly designed survey. When dealing with children a safeguarding-first approach must be used. This did not happen here. There … Continue reading Survey asks children as young as 13 when they first had sex | The Telegraph