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Kristie Higgs: Supreme Court refuses school’s attempt to appeal landmark win

The Supreme Court has today refused to hear the appeal of Farmor’s School in Fairford, Gloucestershire of the landmark Kristie Higgs Court of Appeal ruling. In February 2025, in a seminal judgment for Christian freedom and free speech, the Court of Appeal had reversed a ruling which defended the dismissal of Kristie Higgs from the school ...

9 June 2025   Articles

Kristie Higgs: Supreme Court refuses school’s attempt to appeal landmark Court of Appeal win

The Supreme Court has today refused to hear the appeal of Farmor’s School in Gloucestershire of the landmark Kristie Higgs Court of Appeal ruling.

9 June 2025   Press Office

The extraordinary case of Kristie Higgs

In light of our upcoming legal seminar on free speech and faith, we look at one ordinary Christian mother’s unprecedented six-year journey through the UK legal system – and all the obstacles put in her way to receiving justice and protecting Christian freedom. Worrying content taught in school In October 2018, Kristie’s 8-year-old son brought ...

1 May 2025   Articles

Kristie Higgs

Kristie lost her job as a school pastoral assistant for sharing her concerns about RSE on a private Facebook post.

27 March 2025   Cases

Freeing our speech: The Kristie Higgs case

We’re excited to launch a new series of legal seminars focusing on assisted suicide, freedom of speech and transparency. Join us on Tuesday 6 May as we delve into the where the law now stands in light of the Kristie Higgs’ Court of Appeal judgment. We will examine the ruling’s implications for freedom to express ...

6 May 2025   Events

Kristie Higgs wins as Court of Appeal rules dismissal for free speech is illegal

Kristie Higgs has today won her landmark free speech case at the Court of Appeal. In a seminal judgment for Christian freedom and free speech, the Court of Appeal has reversed a ruling which defended the dismissal of Kristie Higgs from Farmor’s School in Gloucestershire for raising concern on Facebook about extreme sex education and ...

12 February 2025   Articles

Kristie Higgs wins as Court of Appeal rules dismissal for free speech is illegal

In a seminal judgment for Christian freedom and free speech, the Court of Appeal has reversed a ruling which defended the dismissal of Kristie Higgs from Farmor’s School in Gloucestershire for raising concern on Facebook about extreme sex education and transgender ideology being taught in her son's Church of England primary school. 

12 February 2025   Press Office

Kristie Higgs: Court of Appeal to give judgment on crucial Christian freedoms case

From 10.30am on Wednesday (Feb 12), the second highest court in the UK will give a ruling on the high-profile and seminal legal case of sacked Christian school assistant, Kristie Higgs.

10 February 2025   Press Office

Kristie Higgs gives statement ahead of crucial Court of Appeal hearing

The case has significant ramifications for Christian freedom in the workplace and the freedom of any employee to express biblical principles on marriage and family.

2 October 2024   Press Office

Kristie Higgs: Christians to rally for free speech ahead of landmark Court of Appeal hearing

Tomorrow (Oct 2), Christians at the centre of high-profile free speech legal cases will rally to highlight the need to protect free speech for Christians.

1 October 2024   Press Office

Kristie Higgs: Landmark Free Speech case to be decided in Court of Appeal

The second highest court in the UK will hear the high-profile and seminal legal case of sacked Christian school assistant, Kristie Higgs.

29 September 2024   Press Office

Kristie Higgs: Why her case matters for Christian freedoms

Andrea Williams, Chief Executive of Christian Concern and the Christian Legal Centre, explains why the upcoming case of Kristie Higgs will be a landmark ruling for Christian freedoms Kristie Higgs was dismissed for gross misconduct by the Farmor’s School in Fairfield, Gloucestershire for Facebook posts she made in 2018 on her personal account about inappropriate ...

27 September 2024   Articles

Kristie Higgs: Christian school assistant wins permission to take discrimination case to the Court of Appeal

A school assistant who was sacked and had her Christian beliefs compared to Neo-Nazism for opposing transgender ideology and sharing a petition against compulsory sex education on social media, has won permission to take her case to the Court of Appeal.

28 January 2024   Press Office

Kristie Higgs shares her pleasure at overcoming another hurdle in sex ed case

Kristie Higgs reacts to winning an appeal in her case. The Christian teaching assistant lost her job in 2019 for sharing two Facebook posts that raised concerns about transgender teaching at her son’s Church of England primary school. In October 2020, a judge had ruled that, despite Mrs Higgs’ posts not being ‘homophobic’ or ‘transphobic’, ...

30 June 2023   Articles

Kristie Higgs should never have been sacked

Our head of public policy Tim Dieppe commends Kristie for speaking out, noting that without people like her the government wouldn’t be reviewing age-inappropriate explicit sex education. This article was originally posted on Christian Today and has been republished with permission. In 2018 when Kristie Higgs shared Facebook posts with her friends criticising inappropriate material being used ...

20 June 2023   Articles

Kristie Higgs: Christian teaching assistant WINS appeal after sacking for sharing petition against compulsory sex education

Today (16 June) Christian teaching assistant Kristie Higgs has won her appeal after a previous ruling had upheld her sacking for sharing two Facebook posts that raised concerns about how transgenderism and compulsory sex education was to be taught at her son’s Church of England (CofE) primary school.

16 June 2023   Press Office

Kristie Higgs: Appeal to proceed ‘judge alone’ after unprecedented double recusal for perceived bias on transgenderism and sex education

In a highly unusual, if not unprecedented move, the President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal, has been forced to recuse two lay panel members for perceived bias on transgenderism and extreme sex education.

17 March 2023   Press Office

Kristie Higgs: Urgent application made to recuse panel member who has promoted extreme sex education

Lawyers representing Christian mother Kristie Higgs, have this morning made an urgent application to the court inviting a member of the panel for her appeal hearing to recuse himself on the grounds of apparent bias.

16 March 2023   Press Office

Kristie Higgs: Employment tribunal to hear appeal of Christian teaching assistant sacked for sharing petition against compulsory sex education

This week, an Employment Tribunal will hear the appeal of a Christian teaching assistant who was sacked for sharing two Facebook posts that raised concerns about how transgenderism and compulsory sex education was to be taught at her son’s Church of England (CofE) primary school.

14 March 2023   Press Office

Kristie Higgs: Employment Tribunal to scrutinise role of anti-free speech LGBT activist in appeal case

In a high-profile case, Kristie Higgs, 45, supported by the Christian Legal Centre, was sacked for sharing two Facebook posts that raised concerns about how transgenderism and sex education was to be taught at her son’s Church of England primary school.

19 June 2022   Press Office

Christian school worker, Kristie Higgs, to appeal after being denied justice by Employment Tribunal

Bristol Employment Tribunal has rejected Kristie Higgs’s claims for discrimination and harassment in connection with her dismissal for two Facebook posts that raised concerns about transgenderism and sex education at her son’s Church of England primary school.

7 October 2020   Press Office

EHRC interim advice encourages protection of single-sex spaces

Carys Mosely evaluates the EHRC’s interim advice on the Supreme Court’s judgment that ‘sex’ is to be defined as biological sex, not gender self-identification. Last month the Supreme Court of the UK ruled that ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 and therefore in law generally is biological. The entire 88-page judgment can be read here. ...

9 May 2025   Articles

Education Revolution: light in the darkness

At our second Education Revolution conference held in Oxford this year, we welcomed more than 270 delegates from across the UK, North America, Germany, Hong Kong and more. Nabila Roukhamieh-Mckinna reflects on the inspiring day for Christians involved in education. Our message at Christian Concern has always been one of hope for the transformation of ...

1 May 2025   Articles

The culture wars are not women versus ‘trans people’

Our Chief Executive, Andrea Williams, comments on the supreme court ruling that the definition of a woman is a biological woman, exploring how the truth about men and women benefits all of society. This week’s Supreme Court ruling was not a case of women’s rights defeating trans rights; it was a victory for truth over ...

17 April 2025   Articles
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