No Outsiders in Our School: Teaching the Equality Act in Primary Schools

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There is then another unsolicited digression, this time about sex stereotypes, with a simplistic explanation of boy things and girl things. The titles in this book pack encourage children to explore identities and focus on diversity as a whole. The reality is that “some people” think homosexuality is wrong, but “other people” think it is not wrong.

It’s legal for them to drink (when they are 18), but there is so much teaching on how it’s bad for you. Frequently asked questions What do I say when my child comes home and asks “how do two men have a baby? I do not see why it is necessary or expedient deliberately to alienate and exclude fundamentalists, by expressly opposing their beliefs, and therefore implicitly adopting beliefs that contradict theirs. Listening to what the mothers have said when they are interviewed, rather than the men with megaphones, it’s clear that it’s the actual No Outsiders programme they don’t like. For those concerned about the teaching of gender ideology in schools and particularly in primary schools these comments from mothers raise alarm bells.We are now currently dealing with this issue at our children’s school and ready to put truth where it belongs. He said, "Whenever you see an opportunity of opposing oppression or discrimination, please do it, please try.

This programme and others like it are a further and systematic erosion of the basic family structures that have been present for generations. As Andrew explains, “The aim is to develop community cohesion outside the school gates in the future, but it starts inside the classroom. This resource is valuable in helping schools to meet the requirements of the OFSTED Inspection framework, which requires schools to encourage "good behaviour and respect for others on the part of pupils and (to) prevent all forms of bullying among pupils". He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Worcester and was named Hero of the Year in the 2019 European Diversity Awards. Up to what age should we try to protect children from parental religious indoctrination or biased, faith based education?This is confusing for kids and age-inappropriate; being pushed only to satisfy the political agenda of adults.

He is, in my opinion, an expert on not only providing the detail of how to promote equality in schools, he is also a shining example from an award winning school of actually doing it. But surely there should be some link between the stated intention that No Outsiders is a teaching resource about the 2010 Equality Act and the actual lesson plans themselves? His definition of transgender is textbook gender identity theory with gender being “assigned” at birth. The No Outsiders scheme uses a selection of 35 books, covering Early Years to Y6, selected to support primary schools to develop a curriculum response to the Equality Act 2010. Only when Bailey meets an older girl, who offers to help make a dress, is Bailey’s dream of wearing a dress made reality.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. It involves the use of age appropriate story books to teach about seven of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Primary age children should be given clear factual information about biological sex, sex differences between girls and boys, about boundaries, respect and privacy.

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. Butch women and effeminate men are ostracized within the gay community currently as “drawing negative attention to us” so it’s no wonder so many feel transitioning is the only way. But some parents at Parkfield Community School in Birmingham say lessons featuring books depicting same-sex relationships are not age-appropriate and the lessons have currently been put on hold.Hence the market for this resource includes all those involved in primary settings and as such is large. Quoted in the Birmingham Mail in February Mariam Ahmed, who has two children at the school, said: ‘My little girl is four, she’s in reception and she came home asking me if it’s ok to be a boy instead of a girl, and has dressed up in her brother’s clothes. It is a primary aim of our school that every member of the school community feels valued and respected. The resource includes detailed lesson plans for use in PSHE and Literacy which provide powerful and crucial messages, such as we are all different and how to challenge racism, in an engaging and child centred way via the utilisation of fiction as a vehicle for learning. Where we can all have respect for each other and still get along, so that we can co-exsist in an ever changing world.