A Christian school worker who lost an employment tribunal after claiming she was sacked because of her religious beliefs has won an appeal.
Kristie Higgs was dismissed in 2019 from Farmor’s School in Fairford, Gloucestershire, for gross misconduct after sharing social media posts criticising plans to teach transgenderism and compulsory sex education in schools.
A tribunal in 2022 agreed that her Facebook posts on LGBT relationships in primary schools were potentially homophobic or transphobic.
However, on Friday, the Employment Appeals Tribunal ruled she should be allowed a fresh hearing into her claims that she was sacked over her Christian beliefs.
Handing down the judgement, Dame Jennifer Eady said: “The freedom to manifest belief (religious or otherwise) and to express views relating to that belief are essential rights in any democracy, whether or not the belief in question is popular or mainstream and even if its expression may offend.”…