More than 115,000 people have signed a parliamentary petition opposing the new RSE syllabus, which is due to be introduced in schools next year. If Kristie does not win this case, due to one complaint, she will never be able to work with children again.вЂќ This is despite an exemplary record at the school and in her work with youth in the wider community. In a letter to Higgs, the academy stated: вЂњWe are concerned that you did not demonstrate an appropriate understanding of the schoolвЂ™s requirement to respect and tolerate the views of others and to role model such behaviour.вЂќДЄndrea Minichiello Williams, the chief executive of the Christian Legal Centre, said: вЂњKristie has not only lost her job, but her whole career is now tarnished with the accusation that for holding these views she is now a danger to vulnerable children. In the second post, Higgs shared an article from on the rise of transgender ideology in childrenвЂ™s books in American schools, and added her own comment: вЂњThis is happening in our primary schools now.вЂќ The first began with her writing in capital letters: вЂњPlease sign this petition, they have already started to brainwash our innocent wonderfully created children and itвЂ™s happening in our local primary school now.вЂќ The education secretary, Damian Hinds, has said LGBT classes in primary schools should be a decision for the school. With reference to her childвЂ™s primary school, Higgs, using her personal Facebook account under her maiden name, shared two posts.

Higgs is taking legal action against the academy for unfair dismissal and discrimination, and is being supported by the Christian Legal Centre.

вЂњI am determined to fight this case and to stand for Christians and all parents across the country who are being silenced for sharing and holding these views.вЂќ She said: вЂњMy number one concern has always been the effect that learning about sex and gender in school will have on children at such a young age. Higgs, who has now removed her son from the No Outsiders lessons at his primary school, said her Christian views on sex education were shared by hundreds of thousands of parents. It has attracted controversy in Birmingham after Muslim parents objected, and has been suspended in six schools in the area until a consultation takes place between schools and parents. Higgs wrote the social media posts after her sonвЂ™s primary school announced it would be introducing the No Outsiders programme to its curriculum. Two months after the complaint was made, a disciplinary panel found Higgs guilty of gross misconduct, citing the potential for the schoolвЂ™s reputation to be harmed, though the panel admitted вЂњthere was no actual evidenceвЂќ that had happened.

In the email, sent to FarmorвЂ™s school, the complainant accused her of вЂњposting homophobic and prejudiced viewsвЂќ.

On Tuesday, however, members of the National Education Union, holding their annual conference in Liverpool, voted in favour of a motion to lobby government to strengthen RSE guidance and make teaching about LGBT relationships compulsory at all stages of the curriculum.ДЄ disciplinary procedure against Higgs was initiated after an anonymous complaint was made against her. Under new guidance on relationships and sex education (RSE), the government has said pupils should be taught about LGBT relationships in secondary schools, but has left it up to primaries to decide on the issue. It comes as some teachers call for lessons on age-appropriate LGBT relationships to be made compulsory in primary schools in England, amid continuing opposition from some parents at schools in Birmingham and Manchester. She invited her Facebook followers to sign a petition against compulsory sex education in primary schools, due to be introduced next year.

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