Ex-MP Jonathan Gullis: Schools are a hostile environment for Tories

“When I left the profession, I felt it had gone very much in a different direction,” he told the BBC.

“[It] had actually become a much more hostile environment for someone who was maybe more centre-right, conservative leaning.”

Mr Gullis is also worried some teachers are pushing their own political beliefs onto pupils in their classrooms.

Such conversations were better for parents and should be discussed outside the classroom, he believes.

“I think there are too many teachers who are willing to be political activists in the classroom, pushing their own views upon children,” he says.