JK Rowling is cancelled again: Performing arts school drops Harry Potter author over transgender row

A secondary school specialising in performing arts has quietly cancelled Harry Potter author JK Rowling – replacing her as a house name over her ‘comments and viewpoints surrounding trans people’. On July 2 a new house shield was featured alongside the announcement of the review which had erased Rowling's name and blocked over it with a large red box In September the same newsletter series revealed the new house, named after Dame Kelly Holmes, the famous gold medal winning Olympian, in place of Rowling The school claimed students and staff had asked for the Rowling name to be reviewed The school decided that Olympic hero Dame Kelly Holmes should replace her on the house It said: ‘The Boswells House System embeds a sense of community, friendship and healthy competition amongst both students and staff. That was then: JK is pictured with Rupert and Danielle at the Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone in 2001 Actors Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe and Eddie Redmayne, who stars in her Fantastic Beasts films, have previously criticised the author for her remarks Other house names paying respect to Sir David Attenbrough, Charlotte Bronte, John Travers Cornwell VC, Stephen Hawking and Florence Nightingale are still in place. MailOnline told two months ago how Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School in Richmond cancelled Winston Churchill and Rowling for not being diverse enough, It previously had houses named after the Prime Minister and the Harry Potter author - alongside Sir David Attenborough and Emmeline Pankhurst.