A secondary school teaching assistant who was sacked for posting on Facebook about plans to teach about LGBT relationships to her son in his Church of England primary school has taken her case to an employment tribunal, which starts today in Bristol.
Kristie Higgs who is 44 was dismissed for gross misconduct by Farmor’s School in Fairford, Gloucestershire last year after she shared and commented on Facebook posts which aired concerns about relationship education at her son’s Church of England primary school.
In Mrs Higgins employment tribunal, she is seeking £56,000. In 2018 Mrs Higgs, who was posting on Facebook, under her maiden name, shared two posts in October 2018. In one post, she urged people to sign an online petition against making relationships education mandatory. In a second post, she shared an article from Judy Beth, an American conservative Christian commentator, about the rise of ‘transgender ideology’ in children’s books in American schools. She accompanied the post with the caption: ‘This is happening in our Primary Schools now!’.
Prior to the hearing, Mrs Higgins said ‘I was told that the reasons behind my sacking were nothing to do with my Christian beliefs – it had everything to do with my Christian beliefs. The whole experience broke my heart. I have been punished for sharing concerns about relationships and sex education’. UNN’s Oliver Down will bring you the results of the tribunal as soon as we get them.
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