The majority (78%) of primary school children across the UK hear homophobic language, according to new research from LGBTQ+ youth charity Just Like Us in conjunction with VotesforSchools. In a survey of 31,875 pupils across the UK, including 4,307 primary school pupils aged 9 to 11, the results showed homophobic language is rife among young […]
Popular LGBTQ+ schools programme, Pride Groups, run by LGBTQ+ youth charity Just Like Us, is being made free to all UK secondary schools, thanks to National Lottery funding. The Pride Groups programme has so far helped 410 secondary schools to set up/run a LGBTQ+ and allies club, making school environments safer for LGBTQ+ pupils who […]
To represent the 190 days young people spend in school each year, LGBTQ+ youth charity Just Like Us is asking you to run, row, cycle, hike or swim 190km, or create your own 190-minute challenge, to fundraise for the charity and improve the lives of LGBTQ+ young people, so they can feel safer and happier […]
Trans guidance for schools in England has been published by the Department for Education today (Tuesday, December 19), after being delayed from the summer. The non-statutory guidance requires schools to inform parents if their children say they wish to change their gender identity, with some narrow exemptions such as the child being at risk of […]
Results released by Brighton & Hove City Council have shown that provisional overall GCSE results in Brighton & Hove are “significantly above the pre-pandemic results of 2019”.
School Diversity Week is a celebration of LGBTQ+ equality and inclusion, celebrated by thousands of primary and secondary schools.
Mental health: What can genderdivergent and neurodivergent folk tell us about their experience in schools and what schools can do to support them? The aim of the present study by University of Southampton is to find out about the school experiences of people who identify as both neurodivergent and genderdivergent and how these experiences impacted […]
Just Like Us, the LGBTQ+ young people’s charity, provides free, ready-to-go resources so that teachers can make their lessons and celebrations LGBTQ+ inclusive in an educational and age appropriate way.
Set up by LGBT Youth Scotland, which provides youth work to LGBTQ+ young people, the scheme provides schools and organisations with training to challenge prejudice and ensure that equality and diversity is at their core.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised schools will receive guidance on policies for transgender pupils for the summer term after a teaching union said its members were navigating a ‘minefield’ around gender.
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