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At Holy Trinity school, there are No Outsiders and everyone is welcome. 

As part of our PSHE curriculum, we enhance our Coram Life Scarf curriculum by including a scheme called No Outsiders. This scheme was created by Andrew Moffat MBE, who was nominated for the Global Teacher Prize in 2018-19.

No Outsiders has three core values:

• Respect for diversity through education in schools;
• Commitment to community cohesion through understanding and acceptance of difference;
• Promotion of dialogue to counter fear and hate in society.

No Outsiders is taught to each year group through the use of age-appropriate books. Through these beautiful pictures books, the children learn about the 7 protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010. These include:

• age;
• disability;
• gender reassignment;
• race;
• religion or belief;
• gender;
• sexual orientation.

It is important we create a school culture in which children, staff and the whole school community work together to foster an environment of inclusivity through effective spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) and character education.

We believe that it is vital that our pupils can discuss inappropriate and discriminative language and understand how to address boundaries in order to prepare them for a future in modern Britain.

We strive to ensure that our pupils are surrounded by a consistent message:

• There are no outsiders here;
• Everyone is different;
• We like being different;
• We are all equal in our difference;
• I can get along with you even if we are different;
• We live in the U.K., our British values support this and the law says this too.

More information

Click here to find out about the books we use.

Click here to find out more from the No Outsiders website.

Example Lesson plan

DfE Relationships Education, Statutory requirements

Holy Trinity RSE information

 

Frequently asked questions

What do I say when my child comes home and asks “how do two men have a baby?”

Lots of people have babies in different ways like fostering or adoption. They are still a family regardless of how the children arrive. They still love and look after their children the same as if they have given birth to a child.

Are primary children too young to be taught about gay and lesbian relationships?

We are choosing to teach our children to be respectful of all choices people make. Whether this is sexual orientation, gender choices or fashion choices! Some children in our school grow up in same sex families and their families should be represented.

Can I remove my child from these lessons?

No. Relationship education is statutory. If you are worried about the content please talk to your child's class teacher, about your concerns.

My religion says it is wrong.

We understand and respect your beliefs. We are teaching the children about the world around them and that gay and lesbian people exist. In Britain society is diverse and the children need to know that diversity exists, even if their religion disagrees with it.