A Christian school worker in the UK who was dismissed after sharing social media posts questioning the wisdom of teaching gender theory has won a Court of Appeal battle.

Kristie Higgs lost her role as a pastoral administrator and work experience manager at Farmor’s School in Fairford, Gloucestershire, in 2019 after sharing Facebook posts criticising plans to teach about gender ideology and same-sex marriage in primary schools.

In a judgment on Wednesday – the latest stage of her years-long legal battle – three judges ruled in her favour.

Lord Justice Underhill said: “In the present case the claimant, who was employed in a secondary school, had posted messages, mostly quoted from other sources, objecting to Government policy on sex education in primary schools because of its promotion of ‘gender fluidity’ and its equation of same-sex marriage with marriage between a man and a woman.

He added that her beliefs are protected by the Equality Act.