Boys as young as five should be able to wear tiaras at school without
criticism, teachers in Church of England schools are to be told.
Male
pupils should also be free to dress up in a tutu or high heels without
attracting any comment or observation, according to anti-bullying rules
sent out by the Church yesterday.
The instructions for the CofE’s
4,700 schools said they should not require children to wear uniforms
that ‘create difficulty for trans pupils’.
This appears to give official backing to schools that ban skirts to avoid discrimination against transgender children.
Schools
are also told they cannot use the Christian faith or Bible teachings to
justify behaviour that is considered to amount to bullying – for
example, identifying a transgender pupil by a sex other than the one
they have chosen. The advice contains instructions on how to report
bullying, including sample forms on which teachers are encouraged to
name the alleged bully and their target, and use tick boxes to describe
what happened.
Examples include name-calling, social media trolling, or insulting gestures.
Read the rest here.
HT: Blog reader TD
Monday, November 13, 2017
Let little boys wear tiaras: Church of England's new guidance to schools
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