Merched Cymru is a grassroots organisation of women in Wales working to protect and promote the rights of women and girls.
One of the things I learnt very quickly as a teacher was that I needed parents on-side. Partnership with parents is crucial. Without good communication, trust and the sharing of information between teacher and parents, the successful education of a child is impossible. Continue reading “Teachers need parents”
Tanya Carter from Safe Schools Alliance UK talks about the group’s concerns with the undermining of safeguarding and misrepresentations of the law contained in this document.
Safe Schools Alliance UK are appalled at the actions of the Welsh high school acting on this guidance from Rhondda Cynon Taff council.
They have failed this vulnerable child and his family miserably. They have thrown all established safeguarding out the window. They have abandoned the principle of working collaboratively with parents in the best interests of children. They have shown absolutely no professional curiosity regarding the toolkit from the council. Continue reading “RCT council ‘Transgender Toolkit For Secondary Schools’ is a safeguarding nightmare.”
Yesterday’s Times reported that a boy in Rhondda Cynon Taff county council area had been ‘socially transitioned’ by his school, where he was treated as a girl. The parents describe their son’s wish to be a girl to have ‘come out of the blue’ with no prior indications. It appears that the child has been subjected to bullying at school – a factor which could have influenced his decision but which was not taken into account by the school. Continue reading “RCT trans kit review is a warning to Welsh Government”
