A teacher who told seventh graders said homosexuality is a sin and that trans people “just be confused” to lose the challenge of the High Court.
Glawdys Leger also told the class that LGBT+ is “bad” and that God should be placed before the LGBTQ ideology.
Ms. Legge, a Christian, commented while teaching a religious studies course at the Cathedral Church in England, Bromley, South London in February 2022.
When a student in the class told her mother, she was in trouble.
The remarks were recorded by the girl, and her mom told her to write any “transgender” comments.
Mom complained to the school that Ms. Legge’s view “exploring who she is – like many children of this age” was “very painful” for her children.
Ms. Leger was suspended in March 2022, and then two months later.
In December 2023, her behavior was non-professional and was banned from teaching in the future.
But she filed a legal action (DFE) against the findings in the High Court.
She said her comments were not placed above the background and the school has the responsibility to provide a broad, balanced course.
Ms Leger said the results of the investigation published on the teaching regulator’s website violated her privacy rights.
This will make it “if not impossible, it’s hard to get new jobs.”
But Mrs. Long dismissed this, saying Ms. Leger’s criticism of the PCP’s findings “do not reveal any legal errors, not just disagreements.”
She added that in two years, even employers will not be able to access the published decisions.
“The PCP and the Secretary of State made a legal decision that this discovery was a reasonable and proportionate sanction on her unacceptable professional conduct,” she said in her written judgment.
She concluded: “It is indeed a Christian school, but the claimant’s own evidence is that she is unwilling to support the school’s policies.
“The result is a slight discovery that, despite the lack of respect for the rights of Ms. Leger’s comments, it did not stem from a lack of tolerance and no intention to trouble the students.
“That is, her actions are at risk of being frustrated in the course, and her choice not to present a balanced view, undermining the desire of the school community to provide a supportive environment for children who may be exploring sexual identity.”
