A primary teacher who was sacked after refusing to call an eight-year-old transgender pupil by his name has taken her case to the High Court in a UK legal first. The woman has begun a judicial review against her local council after she was dismissed earlier this year.
The teacher was told at the start of the school year that she had a child in her class who wanted to change gender. But the teacher refused to call the pupil by his name, or refer to him with male pronouns, saying it 'went against her Christian beliefs'.
She was originally suspended and later dismissed on the ground of gross misconduct after arguing that the school's "transgender affirming" policies could harm children. She had claimed that it could damage the young student, known as Child X, to unquestioningly encourage the belief that he was "in the wrong body".
