Guidance

Managing issues with LGBT teaching: advice for local authorities

How to manage parental concerns about the teaching of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) content in primary schools.

From:
Department for Education
Published
10 October 2019

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Primary school disruption over LGBT teaching/relationships education

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Parents and others who had concerns about the teaching of LGBT content held protests at a small number of primary schools in the 2018 to 2019 academic year.

Local authorities can use this advice, based on lessons learned, to support schools to understand and allay any similar concerns by:

  • engaging constructively with parents
  • working with the wider community

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Published 10 October 2019

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