‘AFTER schools shut their gates on Friday afternoon, they will remain closed until further notice.’ When then Education Secretary Gavin Williamson stood up in Parliament on March 18 2020 to utter these words, a chill went through the nation, especially parents. It was another two days before Boris Johnson announced that all pubs, restaurants, gyms…
A Christian teacher has been sent to prison for contempt of court following a dispute with his school over the use of transgender pronouns. Enoch Burke was suspended by Wilson’s Hospital School, a Church of Ireland-run boarding school in County Westmeath, Ireland, after he refused to use the preferred pronouns of a transgender student. The…
Ahead of his Employment Tribunal hearing, a Christian chaplain who was forced out of his job and reported to a terrorist watchdog for giving a sermon on issues around human identity, has revealed how he was also then blacklisted as a safeguarding risk to children by the Church of England (CofE). Rev. Dr Bernard Randall,…
By Will Jones The Government on Wednesday published the evidence informing its recent controversial decision to recommend all secondary school pupils wear face masks in classrooms. The new document from the Department for Education (DfE) explains that the decision “has been taken on the recommendation of UKHSA and is based on a range of…
Last week, in a landmark judgment, the Court of Appeal overturned the controversial 2020 ruling in the Keira Bell case, which had found that gender dysphoric children under 16 were unlikely to be mature enough to be able to give informed consent to receiving puberty blocking drugs. Their Lordships disagreed, ruling that the court lacked competence…
A new group, Positive Reform for a Trusted Ofsted, is calling for a strategic review into the policies, practices, and processes of Ofsted, in order to increase transparency and give schools greater discretion to teach in accordance with legal requirements. They are planning to send the open letter below – supported by signatures from concerned…
Respected fee-paying school Trent College, near Nottingham, founded in 1868, recently reported its chaplain, Reverend Dr Bernard Randall, to the Government’s anti-terrorism Prevent programme, designed to protect the vulnerable from radicalisation and recruitment into terrorist activity. Good heavens! What on earth was the Reverend doctor’s offence? Had he been indoctrinating pupils into fundamentalist beliefs that encouraged the slaughter…
Unbelievable as it may seem, Twitter apparently prioritises harmful LGBTQI+ ideology and activism over child safety and protection. A few weeks ago, without any advance notice or explanation, Twitter suddenly suspended the accounts of VfJUK, ParentPower, RSE Authentic and 40 Days UK. After strong protest from VfJUK, their account was ‘unsuspended’ – but again with…
In the new Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) Guidance issued on 24th September, the Department for Education (DfE) has now said that all expression of partisan political views is prohibited. It has further stated that this doesn’t just include what it calls ‘party politics’, but that schools must consider the broad range of issues…
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