A conference has heard that more than 60 per cent of LGBT teachers have experienced discrimination during the course of their careers.
More than three quarters have been bullied or harassed and two-thirds said it was not safe to be “out” at work.
The LGBT Consultation Conference, hosted by NASUWT in Birmingham, also found that 60 per cent of teachers reported that their school has no policy which explicitly opposes homophobia, biphobia and transphobia.
Previous research from the Teacher Support Network (TSN) found that a similar number of LGBT teachers had experience discrimination at work. More than eight in 10 said this was from pupils, but almost half said they also suffered at the hands of collegues and a third were discriminated against by managers.
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