Tuesday, June 03, 2014

The UK Fighting Back? Six schools in Islam Trojan Horse plot in Birmingham face closure after inquiry finds they did too little too protect children from extremism


From the Daily Mail:
Six schools at the centre of an alleged Islamist takeover plot are facing radical reform and even closure after being officially judged as failing, it emerged last night. 
A three-month inquiry has found the Birmingham schools did too little to protect children from extremism and female staff were intimidated. 
One of the six, Golden Hillock, has been rated ‘inadequate’ in every criteria. 
A leaked copy of its Ofsted report says ‘staff views are polarised’ about leadership and that sex and relationships education has not been delivered properly. 
It found the school’s ‘policies have been given scant consideration’ and its ‘equalities policy is not fit for purpose’. 
It adds that ‘understanding of other religions is scant’ and Religious Education classes focus primarily on Islam. 
The six schools face being put into special measures by Ofsted, which investigated 21 schools in relation to an alleged ‘Trojan Horse’ takeover plot in Birmingham by Muslim fundamentalists. 
The shocking claims – which emerged in March – were that a ‘five-step’ strategy had been drawn up by hardliners intent on ‘Islamising’ schools by ousting unsympathetic teachers and governors.

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