Yeah, I did say 'on the face of it' with my only information being that story. My Mum was a teacher and after retirement was on the Board of Governors of a Sussex school (for a lot longer than eight years). People's personal politics were never discussed and were never a reason for not...
Yes. Another voice here saying that on the face of it the headteacher's actions are indefensible. Unless of course the 'ethos of the school' is that everyone must have identical political views.