The Bristol branch of the National Education Union also welcomed the cancellation, saying it was “a win for safeguarding, solidarity and for the power of the NEU trade union staff group, parents and campaigners standing together”.
The incident only became widely known when Communities Secretary Steve Reed mentioned it during an appearance at the Jewish Labour Movement conference on Sunday, describing it as “an absolute outrage”.
Egan himself has yet to comment publicly.
Raising the issue in Parliament on Wednesday, Conservative MP Lincoln Jopp said Egan had been barred from visiting the school “because he is Jewish” and described the incident as “antisemitism… happening in plain sight”.