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Kemi Badenoch letter to OFSTED re Rye college

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LurkingInTheAtrium · 23/06/2023 12:00

Key paragraphs:

"As you will be aware, the UK courts have ruled that gender critical beliefs – the belief that sex is biological and immutable, that people cannot change their sex and that sex is distinct from gender-identity – are classed as a philosophical belief worthy of respect in a democratic society and are therefore a protected characteristic under section 10 of the Equality Act 2010. Through her behaviour, including her assertion that the pupils’ beliefs were ‘despicable’, my view is that the teacher was not acting in a way consistent with the Equality Act’s requirements upon schools, nor in accordance with Ofsted’s Education Inspection Framework’s requirements to promote respect for the different protected characteristics as defined in law.

In addition, by apparently teaching contested political beliefs as fact – including that there are ‘lots of genders’ or that ‘gender is not linked to the parts that you were born with’ – beliefs which are both politically controversial and have no scientific basis – it appears to me that the teacher was in breach of the political impartiality requirements set out in Articles 406 and 407 of the Education Act 1996."

Go Kemi!

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-minister-for-women-and-equalities-to-the-ofsted-chief-inspector?

Letter from Minister for Women and Equalities, to the Ofsted Chief Inspector

A letter from the Minister for Women and Equalities, Kemi Badenoch, to the Ofsted Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, Thursday 22 June 2023.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-minister-for-women-and-equalities-to-the-ofsted-chief-inspector

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Narutocrazyfox · 23/06/2023 12:10

Absolutely awesome. Well done Kemi!!!

ZombieBeryl · 23/06/2023 12:08

Excellent letter. I agree with her 100%.