Government to Investigate School Over Animal and Gender Identity Claims

Department for Education will probe Rye College after leaked recording of teacher calling pupil 'despicable' when schoolgirl said there are only two genders

Secretary of State for Education Gillian Keegan departs from Number 10, following the weekly Cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London on May 9, 2023. Leon Neal/Getty Images

The Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed it has launched an investigation into a school at the centre of an animal and gender identity row.

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has ordered a senior colleague to head up the probe into Rye College after a leaked recording heard one of its teachers brand a pupil “despicable” for stating there were only two genders.