Teacher made to apologise - “good afternoon girls”

The last Ofsted I went through was 2018, I don’t remember being sent a link to fill out a staff survey.

You will have been but a staff survey is not relevant to serious concerns about safeguarding- that sort of disclosure should be by direct contact. There is nothing wrong with contacting Ofsted but it's really a last resort when all other avenues have failed.

I’m not sure how I can raise this on an individual basis. Ofsted don’t speak to individual teachers without responsibility, and then Heads of Dept are only spoken to about the curriculum.

Two different things here:

1. If you think the safeguarding procedures are inadequate you raise it with your DSL and head of pastoral, however, even in really toxic schools you can ALWAYS take a concern like that to Ofsted. That does nothing for the individual child.

1. If I thought an individual child was being socially transitioned against parents will/knowlege I would (and I have) first discuss the circumstances with the relevant pastoral lead. You may find that SS are behind the decision not to inform parents, in which case there is nothing you can do, but if you are not given a reasonable explanation for not discussing it with parents it's perfectly professional to escalate to DSL/Head of Pastoral.

If a headteacher or Deputy acting as DSL (really the only people who can make that choice) was keeping info from parents without good reason I would have no hesitation in raising a grievance and a complaint to governors if it couldn't be resolved.

I've never experienced this happening except where parents are deemed abusive and SS involved. I have experienced underqualified pastoral staff making poor choices which were rectified when senior staff became involved. I have experienced CAHMS and SS making decisions I wasn't convinced.

Any evidence that transition is harming the child should be logged on CPOMS (or your equivalent).

The capture of Ofsted by Stonewall is so shocking Flowerly. They're currently engaged in below the radar reverse ferreting but the receipts are all there.

And don't even think of looking to OFSTED for help!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10931423/Ofsted-cites-lack-gender-identity-teaching-primaries-factor-inspection-reports.html

I was just thinking this needs whistleblowers en masse to be provided with a safe and secure means of telling people with the power to change things, what's going on. It would be good if there were a Parliamentary committee that could assist. Maybe one of these groups would know. Or maybe Baroness Nicholson might be a good port of call in addition to the groups listed.

You need to wake up and fast.

I agree. I am in a strong position because I have been at the school 12 years and am reasonably senior (not SLT), also it is impossible to recruit staff in my area and we are operating on roughly half teachers being (generally terrible) supply/cover supervisors, so I'm gambling that they'd be mad to get rid of me. I am also lucky that I have a partner and would cope (in the short term) if I were to be fired. The school NEU rep is also totally on my side, so I have support even if not from the Union itself. These are very real calculations I have made.

I do have sympathy with teachers who don't feel able to stand up like this, however I also feel we as a profession need to be braver. I have 'peaked' many members of staff simply by chats in the staffroom and things I share on Facebook. I've had the odd disagreement with younger staff, but I'd say more staff agree with me than don't. The chances are OP there are several other staff in your school who agree with you. Try and find them.

The quickest of googles will show you that this has been happening in some schools for years. The Mail article details the GDST guidance way back in 2016.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/12/dont-call-pupils-girls-many-gender-options-says-headteacher/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3649181/Don-t-calls-girls-girls-young-women-case-offends-pupils-questioning-gender-identity-schools-told.html

Of all the things that happened, this happened the least. Come on. I'm a secondary teacher and I constantly refer to groups of one sex as "ladies" or "gentlemen". We all do. I don't believe this story.

People really do need to whistle blow. I know that there are a number of parents itching to hold schools accountable for socially transitioning their child in secret. What's holding them back is their love and concern for their vulnerable child at the centre of this. If you're caught up in this as a parent or teacher, please consider contacting one of the numerous groups with a child safeguarding centred approach for help. Parents are no longer alone:

Transgender Trend: https://www.transgendertrend.com/

Safe Schools Alliance: https://safeschoolsallianceuk.net/

Sex Matters: this is a link to their schools guidance
https://sex-matters.org/posts/updates/schools-guidance/

What does it say to girls when the word that describes them, girls, because a dirty word? How can they take pride in being girls?

I know people with children at Catholic schools in the UK and those schools are still in thrall to this ideology. It's very Cultural Revolution or Year Zero, with the adults in fear of the children and the students enacting some kind of existential vengeance upon their elders.

In terms of religious schools, they can be quite strict so identifying as trans appeals to the kind of student who wants to exception themselves from the rules or elevate themselves above the obedient hoi polloi. I know, for example, of a friend's children at a Catholic school where the girls cannot wear jewellery or make-up but boys who identify as girls can. Trans-identified students can also remove themselves from other rules and activities. For many of these students the sanctioned rule-breaking is the entire point. People who identify as trans don't want to be treated as members of the opposite sex but rather as special, higher status members of the opposite sex. It's notable that the girls in the OP want to identify out of girlhood but not out of all the advantages of female-only education, especially when they are obviously treated as the highest caste of student.

Some terrible stories on here, all demonstrating how children are being let down by those in thrall to this ideology. Two written by a clinical psychologist about the psychological damage that social transitioning does to children:

https://www.transgendertrend.com/childhood-social-transition/

https://www.transgendertrend.com/teenager-says-theyre-transgender/

Ofsted most certainly do staff surveys that cover this sort of stuff under safeguarding and also staff wb. When they come you'll get it the night of notice.
My previous school was really bad for this, part of the reason I moved, with certain teachers trying to get gc teachers in trouble with slt. Although 1 was captured the others were more stuck, as is the case now although everyone I gc they are still wary and changing as the tide does tbh.

There was a recent post about a girl who had desisted but couldn’t tell the school because of fear of the teachers reaction. Then there’s this situation where teachers have to go along with not telling parents because of an unknown about their reaction. Other children are coerced into keeping secrets too. It’s a complete mess.

I read this earlier , disgraceful.

Cass Interim report says social transition is a ‘psychosocial intervention’ and should be supervised by a multi disciplinary team (and only after a gender dysphoria diagnosis has been made via specialist psychiatrist or psychologist).

Hopefully that will be the guidance issued to schools. Just wish the government would hurry the fuck up!

Just stumbled across this whilst looking up something else and this is the most recent thread about Gender Ideology in Schools so I am sticking it here.

Reddit comment by Stephen Whittle (transitioned FtM in the 1970s) who self describes as the ‘Architect of the GRA’

This is what professional transactivists are pushing onto the government & civil service.

Idk if you feel brave enough to complain about the school, I just googled complain to Ofsted about a school. I presume your school is state run rather than an independent. This is what I got to. You could whistleblow to the DofE. There is a form for that. Click on the link.

If you do, you could also create a specific email just for this purpose. No guilt tripping from me btw. Just wanted to make you aware there are ways do this although it appears not anonymously. I suppose writing anonymously could perhaps work.

I too have taught students where I have to use their trans name in school but am not allowed to mention it to parents. I'm desperately hoping that the government stops social transitioning unless students have been properly assessed by a well trained psychiatrist with no additional agenda.

Who made / makes the decision that the student is at risk if the parents are informed?