Thanks hadro.
I read back the policy & it’s way worse than I remember.
I think I’m going to post it in it’s own thread, to avoid derailing this one. I’ll probably nc, because I signed up (I lurk here normally & tweet) because I wanted to ask about my kids school pshe & there’s possibly some details in those threads someone could identify me from, & therefore identify which secondary this policy is from. And I think I’ll avoid that so schools privacy is respected (and hopefully won’t be deleted because of that). I’ll choose another distillers nickname & with title should be obvious which thread it is. I’d really appreciate your input if you don’t mind reading it. Anyone on this thread who is angry or upset by the news story in the op should read it. Because it makes it glaring obvious that some schools are actively facilitating this in uk also. The school has already be named on everyone’s invited.
I’ll quote sections of the policy, no identifying names, but nothing taken out of context either. So nothing cut short or used in the wrong place to amplify horror or obscure meaning either. It will read like satire but I assure you it’s real.
Will try to post by end of the day.
I’m ‘lucky’ my daughters ehcp means we have first choice of schools, because this is our local one. Rated good by ofsted. So I don’t need to worry about what happens to my daughter at this school at least as it was on the no way in hell list anyways.
We are in an area of the country that has an excellent reputation for schools, top 20% for exam results mostly, good or outstanding ofsted ratings for most schools, many schools over subscribed so parents in the catchment area for this one likely won’t have any choice but to send their kids here as they won’t get a place at other ones. It has an autism unit and takes in a larger % of kids with send issues than many other secondaries here. Which makes it all the more insidious.
Ty to any one who reads it. I thought I was now unshockable when it comes to gender ideology issues, having started reading when my kids were born. But this policy is shocking. It’s non statutory policy as well, so they’ve not unintentionally failed to safeguard kids because of staff shortages and not enough time or money. They’ve actively gone out their way to use resources to put girls at risk. And their ‘inclusion officer’ was so incredibly proud of that fact.