As a result, pupils demonstrate respect for an individual’s age, disability, gender or gender reassignment, sexuality, race, religion or belief. The first two answers are fine for a primary school child; love can stand in here for sexual attraction at this point.

uk/news/article-3298715/Children-young-FOUR-given-transgender-lessons-encourage-explore-gender-identities.The school ethos teaches children about belonging through lesson plans based on picture books and assemblies. Finally, pupils are asked to consider, if Tiny visited their school, which toilet Tiny would use and if Tiny is forced to choose one or the other would be that be discrimination?

The resource includes 5 lesson plans for every primary school year group (EYFS- Y6) based upon a selection of 35 picture books. The law is brought in to re-enforce the point and the children are told it is against the law to discriminate against a transgender person. The books and lesson plans have enabled our teachers and children to talk confidently about equalities and this, building on the relational trust and dialogue we have with our parents, has made the strategy a success. No Outsiders is a scheme that was introduced to Governors and parents at our school in 2021 and it involves the use of age appropriate story books (see below for a list of the books we use) to teach about seven of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010.The feedback from all staff was amazing and I loved watching his session with year 1 this afternoon! We had no explicit sex education, no social engineering, no propaganda; and far less stress and confusion than schoolchildren are subjected to today.

But the lesson plans are just a small part of the ethos, it is the language used in school, the environment that is key to building real inclusion. He was also one of the speakers at No Outsiders seminar at the University of Exeter in 2008 where he co-presented a paper with Dr Elizabeth Atkinson, the project co-leader. When a child is born to a family the strength of bond created within the family is enormous, it has no real substitute. The aim of the programme is to teach children about protected characteristics as defined by the 2010 Equality Act, and supports schools’ efforts to be inclusive and cohesive. Wikipedia gives a rather better explanation of how the word “homophobia” is used in practice, to label a wide range of different “negative” attitudes.

For instance, what if Bailey, the child making the dresses, is simply a boy who wants to wear dresses? However, a very small, but vocal, minority of parents are not clear about the school’s vision, policies and practice.

Again, the actual 9 characteristics of the Equality Act have been confused and renamed, Sex has become Gender and Gender Reassignment has become Transgender identity.Sex changes are complicated medical procedures rife with complications and should only be undertaken by adults who have undergone thorough psychiatric evaluation to ensure that such drastic intervention is the best treatment for their gender dysphoria. Government now is not trying to prevent teaching about homosexuality, different families, different relationships. She is one of the only back children in the school and her beautiful afro-textured hair is different to the hair on most other children. This is a very objective analysis of the ‘No Outsider Programme’ and it clearly enlightens many people including teachers in primary schools in Birmingham like me, who are caught in the middle of this horrific situation. The No Outsiders programme creates doubt and conflict in a child and places a rift between child and parent.