The inspectorate’s guidance on Inspecting teaching of the protected characteristics in schools, published on Friday, states that any secondary school not teaching about lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender (LGBT) relationships by summer 2021 will receive no higher than "requires improvement" in its grading for leadership and management.
However, primary schools not teaching about LGBT relationships after the start of the summer term will not be downgraded “as long as the school can satisfy inspectors that it has still fulfilled the requirements of the DfE’s statutory guidance” by consulting parents on the matter.
If parents have not been consulted “inspectors will consider this when making the leadership and management judgment”, the guidance states.
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