A Church of England primary school in Norfolk has refused to amend its extreme and graphic Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) lessons, and to address safeguarding concerns following parent complaints. The controversial lessons and materials, which were implemented without effective parental consultation at Swanton Morley VC Primary School in Dereham, Norfolk, teach children as young…
If evidence were needed of growing ideological dictatorship, this is surely it. In 2018, the 4 year old son of Izzy Montague was compelled by Heavers Farm Primary School to take part in what was labelled a fun ‘Pride Parade’. This fell within Gay Pride Month and was aimed, the school said, at promoting inclusivity, teaching children…
One in 67 Muslims is apparently transgender. This is the rather startling claim that could be made based on recent figures released by the Office for National Statistics, which recorded that 262,000 people in England and Wales identify as transgender – 0.2% of the population – with the highest numbers being recorded in Newham and…
“A rift has opened up…between family and the school; the educational pact today has been broken and thus the educational alliance between society and the family is in crisis,” writes Pope Francis in paragraph 84 of Amoris Laetitia. His words sum up recent disturbing headlines concerning education across the UK. Education and the welfare of…
IN THE educational sphere, traditional family values and the application of the law are increasingly at cross purposes. On the one hand, a dedicated head teacher’s school is downgraded by Ofsted from ‘outstanding’ to ‘inadequate’, because ‘the school leaders did not have the required knowledge to keep pupils safe from harm’ (in spite of the…
Have you ever considered home education, but have a multitude of unanswered questions? I’m here to introduce a new book which I hope will be a useful resource. “Another Way to Learn? -Discovering the Beauty of Home Education” aims to equip and empower families in the daily rhythms and choices of home education. With a…
A new report by the highly respected and influential think tank Policy Exchange has found that 40% of state secondary schools allow children to self-declare their gender without parental consent or knowledge. The report, based on more than 300 freedom of information requests made to a randomly selected group of schools, found that four in…
There can be no dispute, the 2019 law on RSE (Relationships & Sex Education) – but especially the later and voluminous guidance from the Department of Education, Ofsted and ISI (Independent Schools Inspectorate) – has led to a sea-change in what is now taught on the subject in schools, in fact what is taught in…
Last week, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a review of sex education in schools after receiving a letter signed by 50 MPs protesting at the indoctrination of children into radical and biologically unevidenced ideologies about sex and gender. Led by Miriam Cates MP, they accused schools of providing RSE teaching that was “age inappropriate, extreme,…
This article was first published on the Association of Christian Teachers website. The Association of Christian Teachers (ACT) has taken a keen interest in the case of Bernard Randall, the school chaplain who was reported to the Government’s counter-terrorism unit and sacked for a sermon encouraging pupils to debate gender ideology. In May last year,…
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