A school governor has quit his role over the decision to show a controversial sex education video to children as young as Five.
The Living and Growing DVD has caused uproar around the UK for its graphic sex scenes using cartoon couples. It has received such strong criticism from parents and even government minister Nick Gibbs that the Channel 4-produced DVD was removed from sale. But Westbury Leigh Primary School in Wiltshire, which bought it before it was withdrawn, has decided to show the film to its pupils. The decision has prompt furious Keith Miller, a governor at the school for 12 years, to quit his role. Miller, 75, said: “Sex education in schools is essential and I am not against it. “But the important thing is the way it is done, and this film was showing far too much to children at far too young an age. “I wanted to see it for myself after hearing about the content, which I could have done, but was told I couldn’t go along to a showing of the film to parents, which seemed very wrong to me.”