Primary School application asking for 4 year old's pronouns

[ChuffKnows]

Filling in my child's pack ready for when they start school in September and everything is gender not sex and it asks for pronouns! I can let the gender part go at a push but pronouns are a no no.

Any tips on how to handle it without marking myself out as 'problematic'.

Didn't think I'd have to deal with this crap at primary level 😣

Ask him and put down exactly what he says.

'eh/what'

Asking about pronouns may be down to the individual school, but unfortunately, recording self-declared (and changeable) gender is mandated by DfE.

Gender

We need this data for both on and off roll pupils.

The gender of the pupil in the format of ‘M’ (male) or ‘F’ (female).

Gender should be self-declared and recorded according to the wishes of the parent and / or pupil.

Individuals are free to change the way their gender is recorded

www.gov.uk/guidance/complete-the-school-census/data-items-2021-to-2022

hallouminatus · Today 18:06
Asking about pronouns may be down to the individual school, but unfortunately, recording self-declared (and changeable) gender is mandated by DfE.

Gender

We need this data for both on and off roll pupils.

The gender of the pupil in the format of ‘M’ (male) or ‘F’ (female).

Gender should be self-declared and recorded according to the wishes of the parent and / or pupil.

Individuals are free to change the way their gender is recorded

www.gov.uk/guidance/complete-the-school-census/data-items-2021-to-2022

Thank you for that information. What a shock.

To think that the Department of Education has made it so that an answer about gender/sex may be ambiguous regarding the child’s actual biological sex; may be the means for encouraging ‘affirmation’ at a very young age; and shows that the Deoartment of Education is not well educated enough to know what ‘male’ and ‘female’ means.

It is almost unbelievable.

hallouminatus · Today 18:06
Thank you for thinking of posting the school mandatory census information. I want to write to Nadhim Zahawi about it and have started a new thread.

Ask them why they are collecting that information.