Hundreds of Muslim kids kept off Manchester school in protest at sex education teaching
from 5Pillars:
Over 300 Muslim children were kept off school for three days last week in a protest about “age-inappropriate sex education teaching” in a Manchester primary.
Parents withdrew their kids from Birchfields Primary School in Fallowfield, Manchester, last Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday over concerns about LGBTQ and other sexual content being taught in lessons.
5Pillars understands that a huge proportion of parents have lost trust in the school leadership because of what they perceive to be a lack of consultation.
Some parents even told us that they have been prevented from organising meetings with venues cancelling at the last minute under pressure from local authorities.
Following the protest, Manchester City Council has threatened parents with fines and reminded them of their responsibility to make sure their children attend school.
They have said “curriculum concerns are not an acceptable reason for keeping your child off school.”
5Pillars approached Birchfields Primary School, which has an overwhelming majority-Muslim intake among its near 700 pupils, for comment but they did not reply to us.
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