Hello - my partner has been giving updates on this but they are rather busy and burnt out so I am using my account to update you all. All the great ideas and support can from mumsnet suggestions - thanks so much.
If you are new to this, all secondary schools in Brighton have made their changing rooms mixed sex and not told either parents or children. Much back and forth has been happening with the school, official complaints, governors complaints etc. For more see https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5330837-secondary-school-mixed-sex-changing-rooms-complaint-update-from-school-again
What's happening:
FOI Request 1 - details on the liability insurers of the school - received
FOI Request 2 (sent same day)
"Copies of all risk assessments undertaken by the school since 1 January 2021 regarding the decision to allow or potentially allow any pupil to access toilet or changing facilities that do not correspond to their biological sex."
Not received. FOI coordinator at school said this request is:
"The status of the request is ‘completed’."
However, no information on that FOI request has been received here.
The second FOI has been followed up on today to ask what is happening.
Insurers details. The insurer will be written to - but not without feedback and ideas from you all about what to include.
Points to include we believe (please suggest more)
- the insurer has a legal responsibility to act if they are informed their customer is not complying
- The insurer may be exposed to secondary liability if they continue
- That the insurer should investigate the school
- That measurable harm is happening to girls at the school right now, and therefore the insurer could be called upon to act in someway on the liability insurance
Basically - that their policy is unlikely to be valid.
Would be great to get the letter out ASAP as of course, summer holidays are approaching.
No other updates have been received from the school. Last email from head was 3rd June.
Legal position: waiting to speak to a judicial review solicitor
Huge thanks for any pointers and suggestions