I have thought very carefully about what the NAHT should say about the protests we have seen outside some schools recently.
We are a school leaders’ union. What we say matters because we represent leaders in the majority of schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. At the majority of these schools, there are no protests.
In the small number of schools where protests have taken place, some teachers have been threatened with physical harm and some children have been left scared to visit school.
The protests began in Birmingham against schools delivering lessons on diversity and equality and on issues such as homophobia and LGBT rights. Most recently a headteacher in the city has received threatening emails and phone calls (BBC, May 2019).
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