The Rebuttalists
Non-linear grades
Ten questions, each No or Not found (0), Partial (1) or Yes (2). The total runs from 0 to 20, but the grade is not a straight cut of that total. Only a clean zero is Non-captured. One or two Partials, and no Yes, is Partly captured. Any single Yes, or more than two Partials, is Largely captured. No and Not found are not findings. Silence is not a finding. Why the index exists is on the Rationale page. Who started it is on Authors.
Score with Grok runs in Expert mode (Grok 4.7, highest reasoning). A finding that rests on a source is marked with a numbered note. The note opens the citation; the full list sits in the end notes.
ST1
Yes if the mission or values page leads with identity and “equity,” not knowledge. “Diversity, inclusion, belonging, decolonise, anti-racist, LGBTQ+ affirming” appear while subject excellence or meritocratic ambition is secondary or missing. Partial if the language is present but not the lead. No / Not found score 0.
Likely sources: About, Vision, Ethos, Values, Mission, homepage banner.
ST2
Yes if protected-characteristic branding is house style: rainbow lanyards, Progress flags, pronouns in bio, she/they email signatures as the default on the public site and official social accounts, not a one-day awareness post. Partial if limited to a single campaign.
Likely sources: Staff directory, contact pages, footer, official Facebook, Instagram and X, meet-the-team photos.
ST3
Yes if behaviour, uniform, toilets, sport or trips say pupils may use facilities or teams “matching gender identity,” with no parallel sentence protecting single-sex provision. Partial if the wording is qualified or historic.
Likely sources: Behaviour, Uniform, Toilets, PE and Sport, Educational Visits, Equality, Safeguarding, gender-identity PDFs.
ST4
Yes if a published trans-inclusion or affirmation toolkit (often from a council, charity or MAT) sits in the policies list, with no equally prominent sex-based safeguarding note. Cross-check school charter flags. Partial if the toolkit is listed but not adopted into policy.
Likely sources: Policies list; Trans inclusion, Gender identity or LGBTQ+ affirmation PDFs.
ST5
Yes if curriculum pages advertise activism as learning: decolonising the curriculum, white privilege, lived experience as evidence, or compulsory anti-racism training announced as a moral upgrade. Promotion of affinity groups counts. Partial if confined to one optional unit.
Likely sources: Curriculum, PSHE, RSE, SMSC, assemblies, staff CPD, affinity-group pages.
ST6
Yes if job packs or governor ads require candidates to demonstrate commitment to anti-racism, inclusion or EDI, and treat dissent from that vocabulary as a values problem. Check the site vacancies and LinkedIn. Partial if the line is a boilerplate equal-opportunities sentence only.
Likely sources: Vacancies, job packs, person specifications, governor ads, LinkedIn company page and jobs.
ST7
Yes if the last 12 months of calendar and official social posts are campaign-led: Pride Month, Black History Month-as-ideology, Trans Day of Visibility, or political-slogan pupil work year-round, or awards and accreditation schemes are presented as institutional virtue. Cross-check charter flags. Partial if one assembly only.
Likely sources: Calendar, news, official social feeds (past 12 months), awards logos.
ST8
Yes if acceptable-use, anti-bullying or hate-incident policies list misgendering, denying identity or “TERF” as harm, but do not list compelled speech or sex-realist belief as protected. Partial if the list is ambiguous.
Likely sources: Acceptable Use, Anti-bullying, Behaviour, Equality, hate-incident policies.
ST9
Yes if homepage, careers or PSHE partners are one-sided (Stonewall, Mermaids, Diversity Role Models, BLM-branded groups, anti-racist consultancies) with no comparable link to sex-realist, classical-liberal or viewpoint-diverse bodies. Cross-check charter flags. Partial for a logo with no copied policy.
Likely sources: Partner logos, PSHE and wellbeing partners, named training providers.
ST10
Yes if the site invites microaggression reporting, or testimonials are used as proof that the political stance is settled, with no published route to challenge the framework. Partial if reporting exists but debate is still described as open.
Likely sources: Complaints and reporting pages, testimonial blocks, challenge or review routes.
Stonewall · School & College Champion
Paid scheme whose historic criteria pushed affirmation-first policy into toilets, uniforms, sport and RSE.
Where to look: Awards strip, policies, LGBTQ+ page, news, socials.
Suggested finding: Yes on ST4, ST7 and ST9 if badge plus copied policy; otherwise Partial.
Stonewall · Diversity Champions only
Employer scheme sometimes shown by MATs. Weak without model policy language.
Where to look: Footer, MAT EDI page.
Suggested finding: Partial.
Rainbow Flag Award · Award holder or working towards
Criteria typically frame facilities and language around gender identity.
Where to look: Awards page, PSHE notes, action-plan PDF.
Suggested finding: Yes on ST4 and ST7 if award plus action-plan language; Partial if badge only.
Educate & Celebrate · Accredited or training contract
Whole-school accreditation that has treated contested gender-identity claims as settled safeguarding.
Where to look: Awards strip, CPD, policy PDFs citing the scheme.
Suggested finding: Yes on ST4, ST7 and ST9 if accredited with wording; otherwise Partial.
Just Like Us · School Diversity Champion
Champion badge plus resources that treat self-ID as unchallengeable.
Where to look: Pride Month news, awards, assemblies.
Suggested finding: Partial, or Yes if toolkit language is strong.
Mermaids / Gendered Intelligence · Named trainer or policy source
Model wording on names, pronouns, facilities or sport with no sex-based parallel.
Where to look: Trans toolkit, safeguarding addenda, CPD.
Suggested finding: Yes on ST4 and ST9 if policy copies the provider; otherwise Partial.
Anti-racist school schemes · Award or published action plan
Compulsory anti-racism training framed as a moral upgrade, or dissent treated as a values failure. Generic anti-bullying is not enough.
Where to look: EDI page, action-plan PDF, CPD catalogue.
Suggested finding: Yes on ST5, ST6 and ST7 if plan plus compulsory training; otherwise Partial.