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Barney Davis

Schools ‘instructed to drop Miss and Mr for gender neutral terms for teachers’

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School staff and pupils are being advised to drop using the gendered Sir and Miss in class, according to a leaked lecture to a teaching union.

Dr Elly Barnes, the chief executive of the Educate & Celebrate charity, told a webinar for teachers that instead of gendered terms, staff should be referred to as “teacher” or “headteacher” followed by their surname.

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