\u201cIt’s a complete joke,\u201d he said. \u201c[At] sixth forms you’re meant to develop your learning from GCSEs. You don’t develop anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe only thing you do develop is a woke mindset. [You\u2019re] not allowed to question what’s going on\u2026You’re just told to think a certain way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He spoke of a school local to his hometown of Bedworth, where he claimed \u201cat age six to seven\u2026you get taught to question why you are a boy, and what would you like to be if you were the other gender\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Elsewhere at the conference Zia Yusuf, former chairman of Reform UK, spoke of the need to \u201cstop schools from becoming indoctrination camps\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI know there’s legislation\u2026that is very clear that, you know, teachers must be balanced and must not indoctrinate children,\u201d said Yusuf, who was on Friday invited by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage to become the party\u2019s head of policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBut my inbox is full. My inbox is absolutely full\u2026not just from all the parents, but from kids, but from kids in school who say that they’re being taught that Nigel Farage is this or that, or when they articulate their view that they like Nigel\u2026they’re asked to stay behind in class\u2026and they’re admonished by the teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said Reform has \u201cgot to look very seriously at that\u201d he said, adding that universities are \u201ceven more indoctrination camps\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Nigel-Farage-Alamy-conf25-smoke-970x647.jpg\")