Protect trans and non-binary students
Schools work carefully to engage and communicate with parents and carers appropriately, but the Government is making the job of schools harder not easier.
Schools work carefully to engage and communicate with parents and carers appropriately, but the Government is making the job of schools harder not easier.
It is important to underline that schools do not need to change their current policies at this stage.
All trans teachers and educational professionals have specific protection from discrimination at work on grounds of sex and transgender status under the Equality Act 2010, as well as from the unlawful disclosure of transgender status.
Learning from LGBT+ staff across the education sector.
The NEU LGBT+ charter is a clear, practical, hands-on guide for how educators might initiate work on LGBT+ equality, develop their approach further or add to what they do already.
What schools should consider if they decide to develop a school uniform/dress code.
This resource will help you to promote LGBT+ inclusion through reading. It’s designed to help you include every child and make sure every child has ways to see their family and relatives represented positively in their school.
The NEU worked with five primary schools over two years to consider how ‘traditional’ gender stereotypes could be challenged in nursery and primary classrooms.
There is an urgent need to ensure that children and young people are equipped with the knowledge and the skills to stay safe and develop healthy, happy and equal relationships.
Too many students still go through an education experience which isn’t LGBT+ inclusive.