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25 Oct, 7 tweets, 9 min read
.@Stephen__Adams writes about @bbcbitesize Pronouns article

We have made a formal complaint to the BBC.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…
Tanya Carter says : “The BBC is promoting a damaging ideology to children. In so doing, they are breaching their own guidelines on editorial impartiality and the 1996 Education Act, which stipulates that an education provider cannot promote a political ideology to children”.
See our previous thread here
@BBC @bbcbitesize it is not just that ‘the image used to illustrate it was misjudged’ the entire article was inappropriate & being used to proselytise to children. It should be withdrawn immediately. #edutwitter #WomenEd #ukedchat #sltchat #NQT #LGBT #safeguarding #RSE #PSHE
Sadly it is not just @bbcbitesize that have produced wildly inappropriate materials for children. Many organisations have done so. We will be releasing our new resource Parents’ guide
to external #PSHE / #RSE providers’
later today #edutwitter #ukedchat #sltchat #WomenEd #LGBT
Excellent quote from @Baroness_Nichol
‘Tory peer Baroness Nicholson, a former director of Save The Children, said: 'I think the BBC is way out of line here and is putting itself in very dangerous territory.'‘
#edutwitter #WomenEd #ukedchat
bit.ly/3mnk0eK
Part 1 of ‘Parents guide
to external #PSHE / #RSE providers‘ covers @DiversityRM @EqualiTeach @TheProudTrust @SexplainUK @stonewalluk
& others & how they relate to new
@educationgovuk guidance. Part 2 coming soon @PSHEassociation
bit.ly/37GdMlU

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We welcome @educationgovuk releasing this new guidance. We are pleased to see that our concerns have been taken on board and are beginning to be addressed.
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