UK school criticised for censorship of textbooks

A state school in England has been criticised for removing references to homosexuality and women socialising with men from a GCSE textbook.

Fri, 09 Mar, 2018 - 16:31

A state school in England has been criticised for removing references to homosexuality and women socialising with men from a GCSE textbook.

An image of Fred Astaire dancing with Ginger Rogers was among the content blocked out by Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School - an Orthodox Jewish school in Stamford Hill, east London - in copies of the book seen by Humanists UK.

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Courts Heathrow Place: England Place: Stamford Hill, east London Place: UK Place: Britain Person: Fred Astaire Person: Ginger Rogers Person: Jay Harman Organisation: Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School Organisation: Humanists UK Organisation: AQA Organisation: GCSE Organisation: Yesodey Hatorah school Organisation: Ofsted

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