Isn't a Cross a religious symbol?

Not according to St. Peter's Church of England School in formerly great Britain:

A school told a child to remove a Christian cross she was wearing even though it lets Sikh children wear bangles as part of their religion.

Lauren Grimshaw-Brown was told to take off a necklace with a cross on it because of health and safety fears.

But the eight-year-old's furious mother has accused the school of double standards because they allow children following other faiths to wear jewellery on religious grounds.

The mother-of-two says Lauren and brother Callan, five, have always worn crosses at St Peter's CE School in Chorley, Lancashire.

'We're a Christian family and my children wear the necklaces underneath their tops,' she said.

'On Thursday Lauren was told by a teacher to take it off because apparently they're not allowed to wear jewellery.

'I could understand it if it was a fashion accessory or a High School Musical necklace, but it's part of our faith.'

Mrs Grimshaw-Brown complained directly to the headteacher, Helen Wright, who referred the matter to the school's chairman of governors, Father Atherton. He upheld the ban. ...

Read the rest of this sordid story here. The school is apparently spinning this as some sort of "health and safety" rule, in that the necklace might "cause harm" during play, and suggest that a brooch with a cross (and a sharp pin) would be an acceptable alternative. Seriously, home schooling looks better and better all the time, doesn't it? Although I don't know if the BritGov even allows "non-professionals" to educate their own children. After all, how would the state teach the children to be good subjects?