Parents and students have threatened to protest after a teacher allegedly told two pupils to wash Palestinian flags off their hands.
Some called for the member of staff to be sacked after the incident at The de Ferrers Academy in Burton, Staffordshire, last week.
Police have had an ongoing presence at the school following the claims the head of year told off the two year-eight girls.
An online petition - allegedly set up by a parent - has more than 1,000 signatures calling for the headmaster to dismiss the teacher.
Hundreds of people called for the member of staff to be sacked after the incident at The de Ferrers Academy (pictured) in Burton, Staffordshire, last week
LONDON: Police have been called to a school in the UK over fears of protests after two pupils were allegedly made to remove Palestinian flags they had painted on their hands in class.
Girls grammar head warns over students being used as ‘captive audience for political messaging’ from online groups
27 May 2021 • 6:45pm
Schools in the UK have faced protests after being caught off guard in the fallout from the Israel-Palestine conflict
A girls’ grammar school has warned parents that pupils are “responding to rallying cries on social media” to stage pro-Palestinian protests.
Woodford County High School, in north London, said it had removed images of the Palestinian flag from school white boards and pin boards and “at times (the flags) were inflicted on school property as graffiti”.
Jo Pomeroy, the headteacher, stressed in a letter to parents last week that schools were “apolitical organisations” and “school populations are not to be used as captive audiences for political messaging by anyone”.
Parents and pupils are pushing back against efforts to suppress solidarity with the Palestinians following Israel s latest military offensive against Gaza, in which more than 250 people were killed,.
Pupils call for teacher to be sacked over Palestine row
The school described online comments as deeply unpleasant
A row has erupted at the school (Image: Google Maps)
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Angry school pupils have called for a member of staff to be sacked after a row over how students were showing support for Palestine in its ongoing conflict with Israel.