Schools ‘tying themselves in knots’ on trans issues
Amanda Spielman’s seven years as the head of Ofsted are the longest stint of any chief inspector. Those years have also been perhaps the most turbulent in the inspectorate’s history.
Among the many challenges have been how schools should approach trans issues. In her final interview before standing down in December, Spielman says the lack of government guidance on the matter has left head teachers in the firing line and schools “tying themselves in knots”.
Spielman said: “Historically it was realistic to expect that every head could navigate the range of opinion on things like religious education, uniform, behaviour policies.
“Increasingly things like relationships and sex education and trans guidance — there are many things where it’s now obvious that they’re just too difficult for
