We are moving back to the UK this summer after many years away. We have found 3 schools that we like for our 6 year old boy and our 5 year old girl. However, one of them - sadly, my favourite one - advertises itself on its website as a Rainbow Flag award school. Now, I’m all for teaching children to be kind and respectful to everyone regardless of who they are or how they identify. But I’m not at all keen on teaching gender ideology as fact, on introducing the notion that a child can be born in the wrong body, on suggesting that boys who do not conform to gender stereotypes might actually be girls, etc. Especially for 5/6 year old children.
I don’t know whether to raise my concerns now (and risk starting off on the wrong foot with the school) or to wait and see what is actually being taught, or to just say nothing to the school and try to balance what is taught with my own views at home.
Does anybody have any experience of sending their children to a Rainbow Flag award school?How much time is actually spent on the gender/sexuality thing? Is it possible to opt out of those lessons?
What can parents even do if we find them to be in breach of DoE guidelines?
thanks for any help/advice you can give me!