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<p>The department is actively engaged in the situation at Parkfield Community School
where parents are objecting to an educational programme, No Outsiders, which contains
elements of teaching around lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. Parkfield
Community School have stated that, as previously planned, there will be no further
teaching of the No Outsiders programme for the remainder of the school term, and that
they will be undertaking a consultation with parents during this time.</p><p>Senior
officials from the Regional School Commissioner’s Office have been on site regularly
since the start of this issue and are working to facilitate conversations between
the community, the academy and Excelsior Multi Academy Trust. They are already working
closely with the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill, Birmingham City Council
and Birmingham Education Partnership to resolve the conflict and, as such, end pupil
absences as soon as possible.</p>
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