Furious parents of children at St David’s RC Primary School have claimed that their children have been stopped from having a Halloween dress up party at school due to ‘religious matters’.

It is believed that in an attempt to be ‘inclusive’ a decision has been made by a small handful of members of the parent council to disallow the children dressing up on Halloween.

St David’s RC Primary in the North of the city is a Catholic school which shares a campus, including a shared dining hall, with the non-denominational Pirniehall Primary School whose children are allowed to dress up for the occasion and it is believed that St David’s may be the only Edinburgh school stopping their pupils dressing up.

Children at Edinburgh school stopped from celebrating Halloween due to 'religious matters' in attempt to be 'inclusive'