An NSPCC whistleblower has left the charity because of her concerns that it risked "grooming" children with transgender ideology. Julia Marshall, who volunteered for the charity for more than 30 years, claimed that the organisation had been "completely captured" by LGBT group Stonewall. She said the charity had run sessions on pronouns for children under the age of 11, which she felt was a "safeguarding risk". By James Beal, The Times.

The Telegraph reports Scottish school pupils have been encouraged to wear “pronoun badges” and celebrate “International Pronouns Day” by the organisation LGBT Youth Scotland. Conservative MSP Stephen Kerry, who will this week challenge the Scottish government to overhaul school guidance following the publication of the Cass report, has warned: "Rather than educate, some of Scotland's schools are welcoming in political activists to indoctrinate children." By Daniel Sanderson.

The government has said it has “no plans” to change Ofsted's single-phrase judgments of schools, dismissing reports that they could be dropped following the death of headteacher Ruth Perry. Responding to the Education Select Committee's report on Ofsted, the Department for Education (DfE) said “while we are not looking to change one word judgements, the secretary of state has been clear that we will look at ways to improve the current system”. By Lucas Cumiskey, Schools Week. 

Pupils whose surnames came later in the alphabet received lower grades than those at the top of the register, new research from the University of Michigan has found. The study also found that these students tend to receive ruder comments on their work and have lower grading quality, measured by post-grade complaints from pupils. Dr Jun Li, associate professor and first author, said: "We spend a lot of time thinking about how to make the grading fair and accurate. But even for me it was really surprising." By Hiyah Zaidi, Metro.

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