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Hundreds of children could be taken out of one of the Birmingham schools at the centre of the "No Outsiders" row.

Parents at Anderton Park Primary are threatening to withdraw their children out of classes unless the teaching of LGBT issues is stopped.

As many as 400 pupils could be taken out of lessons if the threat goes ahead.

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Anderton Park Primary, in Balsall Heath , is the second school to be affected by controversy surrounding the teaching over same-sex couples.

The row began when Parkfield Community School, a primary in Saltley , was forced to suspend its "No Outsiders" programme of lessons .

This followed angry demonstrations from parents furious that their children were being taught about lesbian, gay and transgender relationships.

The Parkfield teacher at the centre of the row, Andrew Moffat, has revealed he has received a death threat.

Parents at both schools - most of them Muslim - claim their children are too young to be taught about gay relationships.

In the latest development, protest organisers at Anderton Park are threatening to take 400 children out of classes unless the school stops its same-sex teachings, it has been reported.

A petition is due to be handed into the school on Wednesday, April 10, calling on headteacher Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson to resign and for the LGBT education to be suspended.

Protesting parents will then meet on Thursday to decide whether to withdraw their children.

Shakeel Afsar, whose niece and nephew attend the school, told The Independent: “If our letter or petition is not listened to then we will go forward with a mass withdrawal of the school.

"At least 400 students [would be withdrawn].

"Unfortunately the headteacher is putting us into a bracket of homophobia and she is not wanting to talk. She is not helping the situation at all.”

Speaking last month, Ms Hewitt-Clarkson, said teachers and parents had been forced to call the police repeatedly due to being harassed by the daily protests during school pick-ups.

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She said staff had been given a phone number for a counselling service, children had been left in tears and staff felt "incredibly intimidated".

Both Parkfield and Anderton Park Primary insist they are only following curriculum guidance which encourages primary schools to teach pupils about different families, including same-sex parents.

Meanwhile, Andrew Moffat, the assistant head teacher at Parkfield, has told Sky News how he has received a death threat.

He said he has received advice from police about how he travels to and from school.