PSHE Brighton has formally issued an Open Letter to school governors across Brighton & Hove, accompanied by a Governor Safeguarding Briefing

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https://pshebrighton.org/2026/05/18/safeguarding-law-and-governance-an-open-letter-to-brighton-hove-school-governors/

Parents and groups and Governors might want to share this further. We must change the practices of schools and governing bodies to protect children.

This looks like a step forward.

Depends if the governors and senior leadership teams take action, or even read the letters I suppose :)

But if parents read them, they can at least be empowered to hold governors to account. 🤞

If teachers read them they could be empowered to speak up and not just go along with the genderist claptrap.

It's been laid out for them. They'll struggle to justify ignorance as a defence if the worst should happen.

Yes, they can't say they weren't told.

Who are PSHE Brighton? Do they have any regulatory influence, or are they an advocacy group?

I thought for a minute that this was part of Brighton Council and almost fell off my chair! But it's an advocacy group isn't it?

Local advocacy and support group yes

Rather a nice move in closing the 'we didn't know/were waiting for guidance' door in a timely fashion!

I thought it read very well indeed, closely followed by what have I missed? Where’s the catch? Such is the state of play at the moment in Brighton 🙄

Odd that the image used has toilets marked "SAFE, RESPECTFUL, INCLUSIVE" - which to me is TRA speak.

This is very good indeed.

I think it highlights that what is deemed to be safe, respectful and inclusive can differ wildly!

Inclusive means that girl's single sex spaces can now include all girls not just those that don't mind sharing with boys.

That is a very clear statement.

Well that tellt them.

Good. Now let’s see them do it

So, that's pretty clear. Wonder why Bridgit Phillipson is finding it so difficult?

That's really good. Have you considered sending it to organisations like Governorhub who support many governing boards (I think about 16k schools)? GovernorHub 's whole tagline is 'supporting great governance', which it appears to me this letter does.

Edited to add: whilst I appreciate the focus is Brighton these issues should apply to all governing boards for all schools in the UK. The legal aspects of this letter apply to all schools.