Catholic school teachers ‘threatened with sack’ for striking over LGBTQ+ author’s scrapped visit
Governors at the John Fisher School reportedly discussed sacking staff who strike against a gay author having his visit cancelled.
Simon James Green, the writer behind hugely popular books such as Sleepover Takeover and Heartbreak Boys, was due to visit the school in Purley, Croydon on 7 March.
However, his talk was cancelled at the last minute when the local diocese intervened to stop it going ahead. The move was met with fierce backlash from some of the school’s leadership team and governing body, who wanted Green’s visit to be allowed to take place.
An interim executive board was established after the diocese removed some of its ‘foundation governors’ who were appointed by the Church, though this was disbanded just days later after a warning from the diocese that it was unlawful.
