Parents in West Yorkshire, England are in protest after a Christian school removed a cross from its logo.
The cross has been removed from the badge of the Oak CE Primary School in Crosland Moor, which opened on May 3, according to The Huddersfield Daily Examiner.
It is the largest primary school in Huddersfield through the merger of Crosland Moor Junior, Dryclough Infants and Thornton Lodge nursery schools.
According to the parents, the cross was removed after the school received complaints but the Kirklees Council said the original logo was just temporary.
The original logo showed an oak tree with a cross that was designed by a student. It was adopted after the school was launched.
However, parents noticed last week that the cross from the logo was gone when the school newsletter was published. The cross was replaced with three branches of a tree.
Head teacher David Bendall sent a letter to parents to say that the original log was never considered as the final version.
Some parents vowed to prohibit their kids to wear the uniforms with the new logo.
"Staff have said people have complained about the cross yet the head is saying it was only temporary. Why would you make temporary banners and produce temporary uniforms?" said Niki Trepak, who has four kids at the school.
The school is located in an area with high Muslim population.
"I've got quite a few Muslim friends at the school and I asked them does the cross offend you and they said no. This isn't about race. It's the fact that they've removed the cross so as not to offend people. If it's going to remain a Church of England school it should keep the cross," she said.
Parent Chelsea Fox said she was upset that the cross was considered offensive.
"I'm not only disappointed, I'm disgusted," she said. "Yes it has remained a Church of England school as it is the church that keeps it open. That needs to be given more respect."
Bendall explained that "the logo featuring a cross was a temporary design whilst we made the transition to becoming Oak Primary School."
"Changing the design to include three branches also meant we could signify the way Oak Primary was formed, which was three schools joining together as one. The decision was made jointly by governors and the diocese and the change does not in any way alter the identity or ethos of our school," he said.
