The Excessive Courtroom has upheld the dismissal of a Christian instructor who advised pupils on the London faculty the place she labored that being LGBT was a sin.
Glawdys Leger additionally advised pupils on the Bishop Justus Church of England Faculty in Bromley that transgender individuals have been “simply confused”.
She made the feedback throughout a dialogue on LGBT “allyship” with yr 7 pupils – round 11 years outdated. The dialogue was a part of a non secular research lesson.
Ms Leger was suspended in March 2022 and sacked two months later for unprofessional conduct following a grievance by a pupil’s mom. The mom claimed that the feedback had been “very distressing” for her baby who was “exploring” who they have been on the time.
In December 2023, an expert conduct panel (PCP) discovered that Ms Leger’s actions amounted to unprofessional conduct, though she was not barred from educating.
Ms Leger introduced authorized motion towards the Division for Schooling over her dismissal, claiming that the PCP had not put her feedback in context, and that publishing the panel’s resolution on the Instructing Regulation Company’s web site had been a breach of her privateness.
Nonetheless her dismissal was dominated lawful by Justice Lang on the Excessive Courtroom final Thursday.
In her written judgment, the decide stated: “The [panel] and the secretary of state made a lawful resolution that publication of the findings was a justifiable and proportionate sanction for her unacceptable skilled conduct.”
