from The Christian Institute
Safeguarding guidance which recognises the risks of ‘social transitioning’ has finally been published by the Westminster Government after a year in limbo.
When the Department for Education (DfE) published the 2024 version of ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ (KCSIE) last year, it included helpful statements on how schools in England should respond when faced with a child who says they are LGBT. But rather than making this section statutory, a disclaimer stated that those paragraphs remained under review.
That statement has now been removed, meaning that from 1 September, schools and colleges across England must have regard to the guidance. It also stated that the long-awaited guidance on ‘Gender Questioning Children’ and Relationships, Sex and Health Education is expected to be released before September.