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A spokesperson for Ofted said: Primary schools that are meeting the Department for Education’s statutory requirements for teaching RSHE, including on the protected characteristics, but are not explicitly teaching about gender reassignment, can still be judged outstanding. As set out in our guidance, if a school requests that inspectors do not speak to pupils about a topic that the school reasonably believes is sensitive for its pupils, inspectors will not ask pupils questions about it.
The gay rights charity was previously under fire for suggesting organisations should replace mother with parent who gave birth
The issue comes a day after it was revealed hundreds of organisations wanting to be included on Stonewall s equality leaderboard were told they should replace the term mother with parent who has given birth .
The controversial group has issued various guidance to employers wanting to make its Workplace Equality Index, which has attracted more than 500 applications in the last year.
Miss Truss is said to be pushing for departments to join the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and Acas in dropping the Diversity Champions scheme.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has quit Stonewall s Diversity Champions programme amid claims it encourages a culture of fear among workers who disagree with transgender policies.