MONDAY 5 AUGUST 2019Hate crimes in schools up 50%
in areas of UK affected by anti-
LGBT+ protests
Demonstrators outside Anderton Park Primary School in Birmingham (PA)
ELEANOR BUSBY
EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT
The number of hate crimes in schools and colleges in the county affected by protests against LGBT+ lessons
has surged by more than 50 per cent in just one year, The Independent can reveal.
The rise comes as one of the schools at the centre of a row over equality lessons has reported “homophobic”
footage and far-right “Islamophobic” mail to the police. The data, from freedom of information requests,