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Teacher who said 'good afternoon, girls' forced to apologise in gender clash冲突 with pupils小学生
The philosophy and religious education teacher said she was 'managed out' by senior staff高管after refusing to use only 'preferred' pronouns
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A teacher claims she was left humiliated被羞辱 after being made to apologise to pupils at a private girls' school for calling them girls.
Pupils at the £20,000-a-year school complained抱怨 and said not everyone in the class identified as female, with one pupil challenging the woman to acknowledge承认 their pronouns.
The philosophy and religious education teacher was forced to被迫 say sorry after saying "good afternoon, girls" at the start of the lesson.
Students wrote all their names and pronouns on the board the following day次日, with one of the children using the pronouns they/them.
They also held a lunchtime protest抗议 after she refused to acknowledge their request要求 on usage and said she would need to involve使…参与 parents if a pupil's preferred pronouns differed from their biological sex, The Mail on Sunday reported.
In an ongoing仍在进行的 review into child and adolescent gender dysphoria焦虑 care last week, the teacher said the problems began in May 2021 after some Year 7 students complained.
It came less than a week after the sixth form's "diversity and inclusion" prefects did an assembly集会 on gender and pronouns.
Students were allegedly据说 shown a video discussing gender identities and sex being assigned at birth出生时.
"I was told that they made placards标语牌 with slogans口号 such as 'Trans lives matter'," the teacher said.
"Before the end of the week, I was in some sort of disciplinary惩戒性的 process and the head of year was telling me I had to apologise to the girls."
The teacher, who asked to remain anonymous匿名的 to protect the pupils, said she was made to stand to one side as the head of year addressed向…讲话 the pupils saying "no one here would want to hurt you".
Addressing the children on her behalf代表她, the head of year said "I am sorry you're upset", explaining "no one here would want to hurt you" and "you're all really loved by us".
The teacher feels she was then "managed out" by senior staff who refused to extend延长 her one-term contract合同 at the school, which is part of the independent Girls' Day School Trust受托基金机构.
The Telegraph has contacted the trust, which declined to comment to the Mail on Sunday.
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