Teachers must exercise care in the classroom. But does that mean Christians must conceal their convictions when pupils ask honest questions? As you can read on our front page, Anita Meston, a 63-year-old Christian teacher with 28 years’ experience, is taking legal action against Biddick Academy in Sunderland after her contract was terminated in March 2025.
According to Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which is supporting her case, Meston was asked by a pupil whether she was ‘pro-abortion’. She reportedly explained that she was pro-life because she was a Christian and knew women who had regretted abortions. When another pupil said she knew women who had not regretted theirs, Meston replied, ‘Fair enough.’ She also says that pupils had asked her about Nigel Farage, Donald Trump, and Reform UK, prompting brief answers before lessons continued.
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