Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to strengthen whistleblowing protections for teachers who raise concerns about safeguarding, political indoctrination or unlawful gender‑related practices in schools.

School and trust leaders are responsible for making decisions about staff in school and should follow employment law when carrying out their duties.

The laws protecting whistleblowers also apply to teachers. Details of who can be a whistleblower, and what complaints fall under whistleblowing laws can be found in the ’Whistle blowing for employees’ guidance here: https://www.gov.uk/whistleblowing.

Personal grievances, for example bullying, harassment and discrimination, are not covered by whistleblowing law, unless the particular case is in the public interest, and should instead be raised through a school’s grievance process.

The government has introduced a new measure, through the Employment Rights Act 2025, that will address the misuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) by employers. The government will consult on the conditions under which NDAs can still be validly.