To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up for one of our newsletters here.Its proposal to the Department for Education states: "A gender-neutral approach should be based on eradicating gender stereotypes (ie, 'girls should wear this,' and 'boy should wear that'), not removing clothing items that have traditional gender markers which only serves to perpetuate gendered rules around clothing, for example, skirts should only be worn by girls." In February it was revealed that school staff and pupils were being advised to drop using the gendered Sir and Miss in class, according to a leaked lecture to a teaching union.Dr Elly Barnes, the chief executive of the Educate & Celebrate charity, told a webinar for teachers that instead of gendered terms, staff should be referred to as “teacher” or “headteacher” followed by their surname..
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