Police have been called out to LGBT protests outside a Birmingham primary school amid claims that 600 children have been taken out of lessons.
Education secretary Damian Hinds has called for more dialogue between schools and parents after protesters took their children out of Anderton Park Primary, as part of a campaign against the way pupils are taught about LGBT.
Birmingham Council leader Ian Ward has today condemned the protests as "intolerant" and said he wanted to use legal powers to stop the demonstrations taking place.
Anderton Park Primary has been the focal point for protests for more than five weeks.
Campaigners opposed to the way children learn about LGBT at the school claimed that around 600 pupils had been kept away from lessons today as part of the ongoing protest.
Anderton Park Primary’s Ofsted report last year said it had 749 pupils on its roll. [Tes] Read more
