On March 5 th, they gave the school a clean bill of health noting only that more effort should be put into engaging the parents and explaining the curriculum. Linked to this are Government ambitions to prevent the radicalisation of young people and encourage an appreciation of difference around family structures. Moffat in his book acknowledges that we have reached mutual respect and tolerance as there is no more homophobia in schools.

Transgender” is when a person feels different from the body they were born into; we were all assigned a gender at birth and sometimes when we get a bit older we may feel differently about that. This is achieved through a programme of SMSC and PSHE education lessons and a wide range of activities such as assemblies, 3 presentations from outside speakers, trips and visits. Andrew Moffat is a qualified Senco and has a MA in Emotional and behavioural Difficulties (University of Birmingham).

Elizabeth has also taught on education courses in HE and presented at national and international conferences. She is one of the only back children in the school and her beautiful afro-textured hair is different to the hair on most other children. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Moffat’s book, No Outsiders in Our Schools: Teaching the Equality Act in Primary Schools, misrepresents the Equality Act by replacing “sex” with “gender” and “gender reassignment” with “gender identity”. So we cannot promote an ethos where people of diverse faith are welcome but people of diverse sexual orientation are not.

I cannot join Transgender Trend, because, although I oppose the “teaching of highly questionable queer theory and gender identity ideology as fact in the classroom” like you do, I refuse to oppose the teachings of others who have common cause with me on that, who also happen to have negative attitudes towards homosexuality for religious reasons that might be considered “fundamentalist”, whatever *that* put-down word is supposed to mean.

Buster, the bully in the story who believes girls shouldn’t play football, demands to know if Tiny is a girl or a boy. This resource is valuable in helping schools to meet the requirements of the OFSTED Inspection framework, which requires schools to encourage "good behaviour and respect for others on the part of pupils and (to) prevent all forms of bullying among pupils". To ensure that our children are taught to live out these values, the school has adopted the ‘No Outsiders in Our School’ text based approach, through which our children learn about equality and diversity. It is unprecedented in Britain that parents have had to withdraw 600 children from a school before they are heard. picture books are used in the scheme with lesson plans from EYFS- Y6 to ensure consistency and progression.

There was recognition from the chief executive of Holocaust Educational Trust, Karen Pollock, that this year Holocaust Memorial Day is difficult because of the conflict in Israel. The resource includes detailed lesson plans for use in PSHE and Literacy which provide powerful and crucial messages, such as we are all different and how to challenge racism, in an engaging and child centred way via the utilisation of fiction as a vehicle for learning.and read about us in detail in our No Outsiders parent booklet There are no outsiders at our school because everybody is welcome! I work for Excelsior Trust and I am confident that every child in Excelsior schools will tell you there are no outsiders in their school, because everyone is welcome. b) in the case of an application under paragraph (b) of that subsection, the gender to which the person has changed under the law of the country or territory concerned.