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A primary school has reportedly halted LGBT lessons until after Easter after furious parents reportedly withdrew 600 children from classes.

Parkfield Community School in Saltley is said to have temporarily suspended 'No Outsiders' classes until after Easter while a 'consultation' takes place with the parents, the Daily Mail reports.

The move comes after 600 pupils were reportedly taken out of classes as the row surrounding LGBT lifestyles being taught openly in the classroom escalated.

Kids were withdrawn over the school's "undermining of parental rights and aggressively promoting homosexuality", according to Alum Rock Community Forum.

The forum added: "Dialogue, petitioning and protests by parents have been repeated and arrogantly ignored.

"Our children, Our Choice - Work with parents not against them."

(Image: Darren Quinton/Birmingham Live)

In a letter to the parents, the trustee board of Excelsior Multi Academy Trust, which runs the school, confirmed that the lessons will now be halted until the end of the term.

The Daily Mail reports the decision was reached after a meeting between Andrew Warren, the regional schools commissioner for the West Midlands, parents, the trust, and Liam Byrne, the local Labour MP.

The letter read: "The discussions were a helpful first step and identified the key issues that are concerning parents, including the ethos, the books, the age appropriateness, the lessons and the assemblies.

"The agreed outcome of the meeting was the need to have a discussion with the school community about the No Outsiders curriculum and how it should be delivered."

The letter said: "Up to the end of this term, we will not be delivering any No Outsiders lessons in our long-term year curriculum plan, as this half term has already been blocked for religious education (RE). Equality assemblies will continue as normal and our welcoming No Outsiders ethos will be there for all.”

Read here for the full letter and response.

The No Outsiders programme was started by the school's gay assistant head teacher Andrew Moffat.

Mr Moffat MBE had been piloting the programme, which is run alongside sex and relationship education (SRE) lessons.

Its ethos promotes LGBT equality and challenges homophobia in primary schools.

Books about same sex marriage including Mommy, Mama and Me and King & King were just a couple of the books being read to children.

How Birmingham reacted to the parent's decision to withdraw their children

(Image: Darren Quinton/Birmingham Live)

But Mr Moffat and the No Outsiders programme came under fire from some Muslim parents who condemn such teachings, as homosexuality is reportedly strictly forbidden in Islam.

Dad Abdul Ma, 46, previously said: “This is a brainwash.

"We bring our children here so they can later work as a solicitor or a teacher, not to be taught about being gay or a lesbian.”

Razina Mahmood, 40, added: “This is nothing but indoctrination of our children.

“You are using our children as an experiment.”

Liam Byrne, MP for Hodge Hill, said: "There has been a breakdown of trust between parents and teachers [at Parkfield] which is completely unacceptable.

"On the one hand we have very angry parents. On the other, we have teachers that have felt very intimidated and we had a graffiti attack on the school this morning. Both absolutely unacceptable."