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A Christian teacher has claimed he was dismissed for ‘hate speech’ after sharing his beliefs at a diversity and inclusion seminar. Ben Dybowski, 55, was working for The Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales school, near Cardiff, through an agency when he attended the seminar along with around 80 other teachers. No pupils were present…
Gwynedd Plaid Cymru councillor Beca Brown says she has been abused online and called a paedo lover because of her support for implementation of the RSE code in schools in Wales. She also claims she has been threatened, with someone tweeting that her support for the code had put a rope round her own neck, while…
Four mothers are suing the Welsh Government over a proposal to make Sex Education lessons compulsory. They represent over 5,000 parents and grandparents across Wales. In 2020 they formed the campaign group – Public Child Protection Wales Welsh Ministers insist the new curriculum, is “developmentally appropriate” for children, but campaigners say the topics are “inappropriate”…
Parents: The enemy of their children Parents are once again in the firing line for wanting to protect their children from teaching on relationships and sex with which they don’t agree. The latest is that parents who object to their children being taught about LGBT relationships could be a threat to the mental wellbeing of…
Managing the opposition This, consistently, is the line the Department for Education now seems to be taking when it comes to handling “difficult” (i.e. non-submissive) parents. In fact, if anything, their determination to compel acceptance of LGBT life-styles and values seems to be hardening. This mindset now seems to have been taken over by the Welsh government,…
Common sense on home education? The Welsh Assembly recently announced a consultation on elective home education. The Children’s Commissioner has been calling for compulsory registration and an annual inspection for all home educated children. Everyone thought that this was going to happen. Instead, Kirsty Williams AM, who is the Cabinet Secretary for Education, decided that…
Elective Home Education (EHE) is a well worn path for thousands of parents in the UK, who choose to exercise their duty and responsibility for their child’s education themselves. Some opt out of school settings for part of their child’s education, some for all of it. These choices are protected in law, with parents having…
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