I think school may be ignoring my emails re: gender identity

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After much deliberating I bit the bullet and emailed my child's school about 3 weeks ago now, on 24th May. No response. Half term came and went so on 7th June I followed up with a polite email checking it had been received. Got a reply from the secretary assuring me she would ensure the head would see my original email. Reattached PDFs from safe schools alliance etc. Another week has gone by, no response.

What should I do from here? Chase again? I don't want to make a complaint but I do want them to answer my questions this side of the summer holidays! My email was polite and asking for information about the planned teaching relating to gender ideology in the school. Also asking for information about the promotion of keeping secrets within the jigsaw PSHE programme. It very firmly flags me up as gender critical, which worries me in a LA maintained school in a stonewall champion city council.

The silence from the school is worrying me more than anything, surely the should want to talk to parents about PSHE concerns? I'm not used to dealing with schools as my child is in yrR, so I have no idea what to expect or what a normal timeframe for a response would be.

Please don't be put off OP. Schools have done no critical thinking about this, hence the repeated revelations of so much awful material being offered to schools. We know that advocates of this are insistent on #nodebate - and that includes expecting parents to shut up about what's happening.
Tbh, we have abandoned children to the mercies of an adult ideology that is currently successfully persuading them that there may be something wrong with their bodies and they need changing, aided and abetted by the captured education establishment. The more parents that challenge schools and demand to see that PSHE / RSE materials are free from this ideological capture, the better.

Op I'm a teacher. Any teacher knows that scheduling a meeting for this is not the most trivial meeting the teachers will have to deal with, not by a long chalk.
I've had parental meetings demanding why I don't teach 7 year olds long division (this was a reoccurring theme despite it not being on the curriculum at that stage) I've had meetings about historical bullying (where the children get along wonderfully but the parents like to dredge it up) I've had meetings about children's names (I know his friends call him Jake but I don't like it so could you talk to the class it's Jacobian) meetings about why my five year old doesn't write joined up, meetings about sticker charts.

This really pales in comparison and as a teacher I would say you absolutely are entitled to polite enquiry. Also it's the law with rse.

And yes, we're busy, buy teachers should never be too busy to address safeguarding.

Thank you, you beat me to it

That was to Leafstamp and the SSA document

teachers should never be too busy to address safeguarding

This sums it up.

However, as I’ve had pointed out to me, children and women deserve more than just safety. They deserve privacy and dignity. We should remember and tell others that.

Another teacher here and I am annoyed on your behalf that they haven't replied to you. It's not acceptable.
I keep an eye on my own school and my kid's school but so far all the info I've seen mentioned is fine. None of them are stonewall champions thankfully.

It is a serious matter and should be taken seriously and saying school are busy is not an excuse. You have given sufficient time for them to reply.

Whilst it is unacceptable not to reply to a reasonable email in a reasonable timeframe, where I have experienced it a phone call or talking face to face is usually effective. So talking to the class teacher seems reasonable, or even phoning the head.

Thankyou. I suppose I thought an email would give them time to respond. Rather than putting them on the spot. I know professionally myself I can give fuller answers to complex issues if I've had a little time to consider them. Perhaps that's not the case for everyone.

I’m the same Changey - would rather have the time to consider that corresponding by email gives.

It’s also a good idea to have a paper trail sometimes.

Not that you or anyone are necessarily in this territory (yet), but there is good advice here, should you need it, sorry if already posted:

safeschoolsallianceuk.net/2021/04/16/how-to-complain-to-your-childs-school/