A teacher lost their job for saying there are two biological sexes.

Not for saying it aggressively. Not for targeting a student. Not for being abusive or disruptive. For stating a basic fact of human biology that every person in the building knows to be true.

The school reported them. HR investigated. They were dismissed for "failing to uphold the school's values of inclusion and diversity."

That same school received an "Outstanding" rating from Ofsted. Presumably for its commitment to fantasy.

This isn't an isolated case. Across British schools, teachers are walking on eggshells. An NEU survey found that 72% of teachers self-censor on topics related to gender identity. Not because they don't have opinions. Because they're afraid of losing their careers.

One primary school teacher in the Home Counties told a parents' group that she was given a script to read to six-year-olds explaining that "some people are born in the wrong body." When she raised concerns with the head, she was told to "get with the programme or get out."

She got out.

The Cass Review, published last year, was supposed to change things. Dr Hilary Cass found that the evidence base for treating children with gender dysphoria was "remarkably weak." She recommended extreme caution. She warned against social transitioning in schools.

Schools ignored her. Many continued using preferred pronouns without parental consent. Many continued teaching that gender is a spectrum as though it were established science rather than contested ideology.

And Ofsted? The inspectors whose job it is to ensure schools teach facts? They've been rating these schools "Good" and "Outstanding" for years.

The Department for Education eventually issued guidance saying schools should not teach gender ideology as fact. But guidance isn't law. And schools know it.

So the teacher who says "there are two biological sexes" gets sacked. And the school that teaches six-year-olds they might be "born in the wrong body" gets a gold star.

In what world does this make sense?

Not in the world your grandparents built. Not in the world most parents want. But in the world that a tiny, loud minority has constructed inside British institutions.

The good news? Parents are fighting back. Legal cases are mounting. The tide is turning.

But it shouldn't have come to this. A teacher should be able to state biological reality without losing their livelihood. A school should teach facts, not ideology. And Ofsted should be an inspector, not an accomplice.

Two sexes. Male and female. The rest is opinion. And opinion shouldn't cost you your job.