Reform UK has called for an investigation after teachers at a south-London academy trust reportedly used classroom materials that compared the party to the Nazis.
Deputy leader Richard Tice said he was alerted by parents to Year 10 lessons at the Orion Education Group—which runs eight academy schools—where his photograph was used to illustrate “extremism,” defined as rejecting “British Values.”
According to the slides, Reform UK was placed to the right of UKIP and shown alongside the BNP and the Nazi Party on a left-right political spectrum.
Tice said the materials were “factually inaccurate,” “grossly offensive,” and “defamatory.”
He has written to Orion chief executive Simon Garrill demanding an “adequate explanation and satisfactory apology,” warning that he will refer the matter to the Charity Commission if one is not provided. Academy trusts are bound by charity-sector neutrality rules.
The lessons described Reform as a right-wing party advocating stricter immigration controls, deportations of illegal migrants, tax cuts, sovereignty, and traditional education policies. One slide warned that far-right beliefs can “damage communities, increase hate crime and even threaten democracy.”
Other material criticised reporting on immigration in newspapers such as the Daily Mail and The Sun, while advising pupils to rely on the BBC or The Guardian for news.
Tice said the content breached guidance requiring political balance in schools and accused the trust of a “serious failing in duty and professional responsibility.”
A spokeswoman for Orion said the trust had received Tice’s letter and was “currently investigating the concerns he has raised.”
