Head teachers involved in a row over primary school LGBT rights classes say they "feel alone" and unsupported.
Parents, mostly of Muslim faith, have protested outside Parkfield Community School in Birmingham arguing their children should not learn about same-sex relationships.
More than 85 heads met with Department for Education (DfE) officials and the council in Birmingham on Friday.
The DfE said the schools can teach LGBT content but do not have to.
The No Outsiders project was halted at Parkfield Community School after demonstrations by some parents who said they believed the subject was "undermining parental rights and authority".
Deputy head teacher Andrew Moffat, who devised the programme, has said it was not about sex education but "community cohesion" and "people getting along". [BBC] Read more
