Mixed sex changing rooms in a Brighton secondary school - part 3 - we're really cooking now

Pondering whether I went to the same school as @murasaki had a PE teacher with that name, was a girls school which shared a site with a boys school...

Possibly just horrified and panic babbling anything to try make it better (and failing hard, as is often the way)

KE foundation?

Re the stats on men v women as victims of male violence, I'd like to see these further broken down.

I don't want to diminish the tragedy of losing a son to gang violence, but being attacked because you have joined a gang and are participating in gang behaviour is very different to being attacked because you are simply existing and the attacker sees you, knows you are weaker and/or knows you are rapeable.

Yes, in Edgbaston?!

Yes! My mum went there, as did I and my two sisters, and one niece is there now!

There are a lot more clubs joint with KES now with one over arching head, and enrichment stuff etc, but the lessons themselves are still separate and all the better for it. Niece is doing cadets, for example which wasn't available to us.

Shout out to the strong women of Edgbaston!

My mum went to the 60th anniversary of her year leaving last year, apparently a great day and about 40 went, which was lovely! A load of nearly 80 year olds having a grand day, and about 20 went out for dinner afterwards. My dad had to pour her into the car afterwards.

Haha! I left in 1991 I think...

95 for me so we crossed over.

Heh! Funnily enough, I am going to a school reunion tomorrow. I will have to get up at the crack of dawn (for me) to drive to Peterborough, some 160 miles away. i have been talked into it by a mate, but I'm not very keen. But then another voice on my shoulder said, put your best foot forward, show your face to the world...

I've already decided I will be wearing my Terf Nation tee-shirt.

Enjoy! Always better to turn up with a mate.

I don't know if this is old news, but GLP posted a heavily redacted version of the defence:

https://goodlawproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Summary-Grounds-of-Defence-of-the-First-Defendant-REDACTED-3.pdf

I'm in no way claiming to understand all that but:

1. In summary the Claimants should be refused permission on the following basis: 9.1. Limitation: the Claimants’ claim is brought years out of time.

and

Further, to the extent Sophie and James are concerned about Sophie being affected in future by a case-by-case decision, that concern is premature

so you're simultaneously too late and too early?

That’s a real “throw everything at the wall and see what sticks” defence!

The claim is out of time, the father is an unsuitable litigation friend and has not been candid, case-by-case is lawful, but even case-by-case is not the school’s final word, the school absolutely engages in full consideration of absolutely everyone’s human rights (honest guv, we do, and you should absolutely believe us because we say we do), and children should be allowed to sleep in bedrooms with their “trusted” friends of the opposite sex while on school trips.

I’m sure I missed a few things but those stand out.

That’s so much waffle. The toilet waffle is particularly wrong. I have lots of evidence to show harm.

Schools were told by Ofsted that there is so much sexual abuse that goes on that they must assume it’s happening. Therefore any reasonable person would be doing everything to safeguard against it.

Ah, so Prof Phoenix knows nuffink? Case closed then.

Poor OP, most likely unable to comment.

My guess is it'll be the same stuff the school were threatening to throw at you when you were talking about standing as a parent governor. Did they ever admit to where they got that from, by the way?

um, paragraph 39. Are GLP using a precedent where they themselves lost a case as evidence supporting their case here?

i also like very much Prof Phoenixs quote in para 73.3. I see nothing in it which makes her an unsuitable expert witness!

Never change, Good lols Project, amirite?

Yes that struck me too!

You have to admire GLP's boundless ability enrich themselves whilst being completely useless at their profession Unfortunately in this case it's costing the education budget to fund this circus and effects children's welfare.