Humanist head fails

Nicola Laver  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Oct 2022
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A humanist headteacher has failed in her attempt to purge Christian assemblies from a Hampshire infant school in favour of pro-LGBT material.

Jo Conner formally applied to the local council for an exemption from state requirements to hold collective worship of a Christian character, arguing that it breached pupils’ human rights.

It was refused on the basis of legal advice given to the council. More than a third of parents at the school identified as Christian, and the school had recorded no complaints or parental withdrawal of any child from collective worship.

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