Christian parent reinstated as governor after sacking

Nicola Laver  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Aug 2023
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Christian parent reinstated as governor after sacking

Ciarán Kelly of the Christian Institute

A Christian parent has been reinstated as an elected school governor by the High Court, after being sacked and ostracized for complaining about the primary school’s RSE lesson plans and policy. Under the lesson plans, children would be encouraged to discuss issues around gender ideology.

Both the governing body - and local authority appeal panel which upheld its decision - accepted that the removal of the parent as governor in 2021 was unlawful. The effect of the court order is that the governor’s reinstatement is retrospective from the date of her removal. Her name has been withheld for legal reasons.

The governing body had breached its obligation to consider the relevant statutory guidance; this states that the power to remove a governor ‘should not be used simply to remove dissenting or challenging voices’.

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