‘A dark and horrible episode’ at a Birmingham school involving a group of parents has led to calls for ministers to openly back schools teaching diversity programmesJamie Barry turned up at Welford primary school on 3 October expecting a routine assembly of the twice termly parents’ forum – approximately 20 mums and dads,there to discuss issues such as the annual community festivals and home-school diaries. Instead, the headteacher found five times that number of parents and one item on the agenda: the Birmingham school’s recent introduction of a range of teaching materials called Chips – Challenging Homophobia in Primary Schools.
Some parents had been supported by Safe at School, or a campaign rush by the anti-abortion group the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (Spuc),which had emailed them a list of questions and comments to accomplish (see below). “Teaching children approximately sexual orientation isn’t making them safe,” point 12 says. “It’s putting ideas into children’s heads.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com