Mick Hartley

Following Miriam Cates' speech in the House of Commons this week – "children across the UK are being exposed to extreme and inaccurate content in the name of sex education"  the head of Ofsted talks to the Telegraph:

Children are being taught sex education lessons that have “no basis in any reputable scientific biological explanation”, the head of the schools regulator Ofsted has warned.

Pupils in some secondary schools have been told there are 100 genders, while children are being taught gender fluidity as fact in some major academy trusts and independent schools, an investigation by The Telegraph has found.

Amanda Spielman, chief inspector of Ofsted, told this newspaper she has warned the Government that the current relationships and sex education (RSE) guidance places no limit on what can be taught.

She warned that Ofsted is currently powerless to sanction schools teaching inappropriate material.

Her intervention comes after The Telegraph revealed widespread evidence of “age-inappropriate” sex education materials in schools.

A dossier of evidence gathered by Conservative MP Miriam Cates was presented to Rishi Sunak last week, which led to the Prime Minister ordering a review of the Department for Education’s (DfE) RSE guidance.

Pupils in Years Seven and Eight at schools overseen by The Kemnal Academies Trust, one of the largest academy trusts in the South and East of England, have been taught using a diagram of a “gender unicorn” – showing sliding scales of male, female and other identities, alongside spectrums of gender expression and sex assigned at birth.

Ms Spielman said: “It’s clear that there are materials being used which have no basis in any reputable scientific, biological explanation or any properly grounded understanding of human relationships.”

Controversial teaching resources also include children as young as 12 being asked how they “feel” about oral and anal sex, and primary school teaching resources on masturbation.

And…the punch line.

The Government’s existing RSE guidance, drawn up in 2019 in consultation with the LGBT+ charity Stonewall, specified that “gender identity” should be taught in schools.

Right….