A school chaplain who was fired after telling pupils they did not have to agree with LGBT ideology is taking legal action against his former headteacher. Rev Dr Bernard Randall, 51, was sacked for gross misconduct Trent College in 2019 and was reported to Prevent, the government’s counter-terrorism programme, over a sermon he gave in…
ParentPower has written an open letter to the National Association of Head Teachers and the Association of School and College Leaders challenging their response towards the Education Secretary, Rt Hon Gillian Keegan MP, on the issue of parental access to RSHE resources. To read the letter, download the pdf by clicking here or on the…
Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza is reported as saying that a fear of teaching sex education in schools is driving a rise in sexually transmitted diseases (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/10/schools-fear-teaching-sex-education-driving-rise-in-sti/). As a remedy for this, she is calling for increased and better sex education, that will keep children safe. At one level, she is of course entirely right. In…
Northern Ireland has faced immense challenges to its predominantly Christian culture and social values in the past several years, with radical changes to its laws being imposed by Westminster, which have included what must be taught in schools. Religion matters in Northern Ireland, and despite the legacy of the Protestant-Catholic divide, both communities were often…
During a speech at the Conservative Party Conference, on 2 October, Education Secretary, Gillian Keegan, confirmed plans for banning mobile phones in schools, saying the Government believe mobile phones to be a distraction in class and one of the ‘biggest issues’ facing teachers. The Independent states that the UN published a major report in July…
Is the Government getting disorientated over its ever-forthcoming trans guidance? A disturbing trend in the past few years has seen the increasing number of schools allowing students to change their ‘gender’ within school, and in many cases without informing or consulting the children’s parents. Although Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, had promised to have a decision…
Approaching the turn of the millennium, James Heartfield wrote an article for LM magazine called, Why are children’s rights wrong? In it, he noted the contradiction of talking about ‘rights’ in the context of children. His warning about the potential dangers of this approach have never been more important. I read this article at the time of…
A faith coalition is calling on churches, politicians and the police to redouble their efforts to end knife crime after a schoolgirl was tragically stabbed to death in Croydon last week. A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the death of Elianne Andam, 15, who was killed on her way to school last…
The equalities watchdog has changed its guidance on how schools deal with children who want to change their gender. Previous guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said that schools would be engaging in “direct gender reassignment discrimination” if they refused to refer to a pupil by their chosen name or gender. Now The…
It would appear that this prediction by Willi Münzenberg, German communist and one of the founders of the now infamous Frankfurt School, is reaching fulfilment.To take a recent example, according to a recent report in The Times, most schools, including some leading independent schools such as Wellington and Brighton College, have now adopted gender-neutral uniform…
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