Dear Gavin Williamson, We are contacting you to express our grave concern about some of the materials being promoted by the Department for Education for use in schools. Of particular concern is a tweet issued on the Department’s Twitter page on 21 June endorsing the work of an organization called Just Like Us. Among the …
White privilege and critical race theory in schools: what’s the problem?
Today on social media we shared the Education Committee’s report “The forgotten: how White working-class pupils have been let down, and how to change it.” The report shows how White British pupils eligible for free school meals persistently underperform compared with peers in other ethnic groups, from early years through to higher education. The statistics …
The Trouble with Teens and ‘transphobia’
Before I had my own kids, it was easy to be self-righteous and pronounce judgement on parents whom I presumed to be making bad decisions. On seeing a crying toddler bribed with a bag of crisps or a baby in a buggy smeared with chocolate, I’d say to myself, “When I’m a mum I’ll never …
Summer Bulletin 2021 Out Now!
Welcome to the summer bulletin! It’s great that we actually have some summer weather to coincide with this edition, and we hope that all our supporters are getting an opportunity to enjoy the splendid sunshine while it lasts! Whatever the British weather has in store, we are delighted to be able to say with confidence …
FET response to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Call for Evidence
We recently submitted our response to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics call for evidence on their review of the “Care and treatment of children and adolescents in relation to their gender identity in the UK”. In late 2019, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics held a series of exploratory meetings with people and representatives of people with experience of gender …