Should I send DS to C of E school as lesbian parent?

[purpledaze24]

My DS is only 3 atm and has two mums but we are separated. We share 50/50 custody of DS and we both currently live in an urban area with plenty of other same sex parents around. Our local primary school is not religious and would have a fair amount of other kids of same sex parents. However, I hate living here. I grew up in a small village and went to the local school and always wanted that for my DC. I have found a house I love in a tiny village only 20 min outside the city that I could easily afford if I sold my current house. I’d love to move there and for DS to go to the small local primary school that’d just be a short walk from this house. Problem is the school is C of E and on its website has a lot about Christian values and principles. We are very much not religious either. As a lesbian mother would my child be welcome there and taught about different families? Do you think he would potentially be bullied because of his parents? Any same sex parents out there have kids at a C of E school? If so what is your experience? Any advice would be greatly appreciated :)

My dc attend a C of E primary and there are children in school who have same sex parents. There is a boy in DD’s class who has two mums. No one thinks anything of it. It’s all totally fine. The mums are very involved in the school and the child is not bullied at all. No one even mentions it. As far as the kids are concerned, it’s not something they even think about. It’s a middle class fairly ruralish type school, definitely not a diverse area. They are definitely not taught that only man/woman relationships are valid. In fact, in reception dd came out of school and proudly told me that she was going to marry her best friend (girl) because she could and you can marry who you like. The school is very accepting.

Even Catholic schools now speak to the children about diverse families. It isn’t just same sex families but children outside of marriage, children living with step parents, children in care. The idea that a Catholic school “pushes” the married man and woman as the norm isn’t true, not from my experience from working in one anyway.

There definitely will be no celebration of pride etc but I wouldn’t worry about your child being singled out. This said, speak to the Head and have a look around to get a feel for the school. They are all different.