Angry parents are protesting outside a school after a teacher allegedly showed derogatory caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
They parents want the teacher at Batley Grammar school in west Yorkshire to resign or be sacked.
The school delayed starting the school day until 10am over the “disturbance” and advised pupils to stay home until then.
Police have cordoned off the scene and are reportedly at every entrance of the school, Yorkshire Live reports.
Parents took to protest since 7:30am after a message inciting them to rally against the offensive teaching resource was spread last night.
The school told parents to keep their children at home until the start of classes at 10am due to the “disturbance”.
A parent told a Yorkshire Live reporter that this wasn’t the first time the teacher had allegedly shown this kind of material.
“It’s the second time this teacher has done this so they want him to be sacked,” he said.
“I’m not sure how long the protest will last today.”
The school has apologised for the “completely inappropriate” resource used in the lesson, with headteacher Gary Kibble saying: “The school would like to thank the parents who contacted us on March 22 highlighting concerns with a resource used in an RS lesson that day.
“Upon investigation, it was clear that the resource used in the lesson was completely inappropriate and had the capacity to cause great offence to members of our school community for which we would like to offer a sincere and full apology.”
Mr Kibble said the school would take “immediate action” which would involve the removal of the offensive resource and the suspension of that lesson content.
