It’s an exciting one! Looks like it could be the best ever. As a union we are in the middle of vital industrial action, with the largest mandate and response from a trade union in a very, very long time. It isn’t, as I keep telling the parents and students who pass my school’s picket lines, about pay. It’s also about the funding. It’s also about our profession’s ability to actually retain educators. What I need to focus on is Motion 26 in the conference programme, and particularly the wrecking amendment from the executive 26.1. So why is this motion passing unamended so important?

There is celebration in being visible as a trans person – even in the most toxic political climate for LGBT+ people in at least thirty years.