article_snippet.sent: However, National Union of Teachers said the changes were needed to tackle prejudice which was ‘still strongly prevalent in our schools’.
article_snippet.sent: the NUT said only 10 per cent of LGBT teachers felt confident to be ‘out’ to students.
article_snippet.sent: Christian schools have complained Christian schools were branded
article_snippet.sent: ‘intolerant’ and marked down by Ofsted after children were asked about gays and lesbians.
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, Grindon Hall Christian School in Sunderland was put in special measures after failing to meet Ofsted’s British values criteria.
article_snippet.sent: Inspectors were said to have asked pupils if pupils knew what lesbians
article_snippet.sent: did’ and if any of pupils friends felt trapped in the ‘wrong body’.
article_snippet.sent: The drive was formed in response to the Trojan Horse scandal in which Muslim hardliners allegedly tried to impose an Islamic agenda on schools in Birmingham.
article_snippet.sent: The NUT motion renewed fears teachers would be required to go beyond fears teachers remit in tackling such a sensitive subject.
article_snippet.sent: ’ Chris McGovern, of the Campaign for Real Education, said:
highlights_snippet.sent: National Union of Teachers said MPs had a duty
highlights_snippet.sent: But union said changes were needed to tackle 'prejudice in our schools' 