Anderton Park Primary School is a

coeducational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...

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located in the

Sparkhill Sparkhill is an inner-city area of Birmingham, England, situated between Springfield, Hall Green and Sparkbrook. Historically part of Worcestershire, Sparkhill once existed as a rural area with its main industry being agriculture until the 1 ...

area of

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, West Midlands, England. It is a community school administered by

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. In 2019, it became the focus of campaigners opposed to LGBT representation in Sex and Relationship Education lessons. These campaigners mounted a sustained demonstration outside the gates of the school before being stopped by the High Court, as of 2021, the school still teaches materials containing references to LGBT groups. The school is mentioned in official accounts relating to the so-called

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scandal.

References

External links

Anderton Park Primary School official website
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