Supporting LGBTI pupils: 'It's important a school is ready for anyone'

Schools today are much more receptive to students’ gender and sexual orientation, and are places where diversity is celebrated rather than scornedIt was not long ago that LGBT pupils at the Priory School in Hitchen, Hertfordshire, hid behind a mask of silence. Fellow students used the word “gay” to describe something that was rubbish. Faced with homophobic language, they felt unable to come out in the classroom and kept their true identities secret.Three years later, dozens of