The education secretary has criticised a school after a pupil who had argued that sex was determined by biology was apparently hounded out.
Nadhim Zahawi called the incident “hugely concerning” and “unacceptable” after The Times revealed that the 18-year-old pupil had been forced to leave the school after expressing her views. She had challenged the views of a visiting speaker, who had come to talk about transphobia.
Zahawi told TalkTV’s The News Desk show last night that he wanted to hear from the schoolgirl. He said: “Schools have a responsibility to protect that student, that child when she talks about sex, you know, sex and the biology is indisputable. And so, what I’m slightly shocked at is the school felt it was appropriate for that girl to be isolated, or attacked in some way, and not to have dealt with that in the first place.
