A Church of England Primary School Removes Cross from Logo

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Oak CE Primary School – Church of England: Parents at the Huddersfield primary school have been left furious after council officials removed the Christian cross from the school’s logo. When the school was launched, it boasted a logo with an oak tree whose branches took the shape of the cross, because of its Christian connections.

It is a voluntary controlled school, meaning that it is State-funded and governance is shared between Kirklees Council and the Church of England. But just a few weeks later, the cross has been replaced with three branches, and the original logo used on large banners and school uniforms had also been changed.

Headmaster David Bendall insisted that the logo with a cross was just a ‘temporary design’, adding that the oak tree was a better symbol because it represents ‘many beliefs’.  See the full story here… dailymail.co.uk

 

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