Teacher training on anti-LGBTQ+ bullying offered by charity to combat homophobia in schools

An LGBTQ+ young people’s charity is offering free anti-bullying training for teachers, to help combat the homophobic language being heard in secondary schools. 

Last year, Just Like Us, in conjunction with VotesforSchools, an organisation that helps teachers discuss current affairs in class, released figures which revealed that 80 per cent of secondary-school pupils, aged between 11 and 18, had heard homophonic language at school. 

The same study showed that 78 per cent of primary-school children had heard the same slurs.

In response, Just Like Us has launched two free courses, accredited by Continuing Professional Development, which incorporate real-life experiences of staff, parents and young people, and can be taken online, to equip teachers with tools to recognise and tackle anti-LGBTQ+ bullying in UK schools. 

The courses aim to stop

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