Children who were gay should know they are “not alone” and no child should grow up with a burden of shame or guilt about who they were, the Ofsted head said.
She was interviewed following recent protests by Muslim and Christian parents outside a Birmingham primary they have accused of promoting homosexuality.
While parents will retain the right to ask their children be withdrawn from sex education, relationships education will be compulsory, according to the latest proposals from the Department for Education.
The Charedi education group, Chinuch UK, has suggested it will be possible to include LGBT content as part of sex, rather than relationships, education and therefore children can opt out of it.
But Mrs Spielman’s comments raise questions whether that will be acceptable to the inspection service.
The two mummies-two daddies approach has been used in Lubavitch schools but other Charedi groups are adamant that such issues are not appropriate for their schools.
