A teacher facing death threats vows his pupils will go on learning about gay families.
Of all the subjects on the curriculum, nothing provokes as much passion as sex and relationships education. Ask Andrew Moffat, assistant head teacher of a primary school in Birmingham, who has faced death threats for his commitment to diversity.
Ofsted recently sent inspectors to Parkfield Community School, where 99% of pupils are Muslim, for an emergency inspection after weeks of protests by parents calling for the school to stop teaching children “how to be gay” and demanding that Moffat be sacked.
In a report to be published this week Ofsted will give him its backing by confirming that the school, rated outstanding in 2016, remains in the top tier. [The Times (£)] Read more
