[2], The hearings dramatically came back into media attention in October 2016 after one of the hearings that had concluded with guilty verdicts against two teachers went to the High Court on appeal. Mark Panton and Geoff Walters (2019) Tottenhams Trojan Horse? ", Peter Clarke, former counterterrorism chief, conducted the investigation which gathered and examined 2,000 documents and generated 2,000 pages of interview transcripts from 50 witnesses, including former headteachers, teachers, council staff and school governors. [90] Nasim Awan, a governor at Springfield, said that the "first agenda item" should be to apply for Islamic assemblies at the secular school. About. [31], Of the schools mentioned by the letter, the account of Adderley Primary School was the more detailed, alleging that an employment dispute at Adderley was part of the Islamic plot's attempt to unseat the head teacher and install a conspirator with the same radical Islamification goals as the letter writers. [5] The inspections found that head teachers have been "marginalised or forced out of their jobs". [14], Ofsted inspections were undertaken into 21 schools in Birmingham, with the Education Funding Agency (responsible for academy schools) also investigating Park View Education Trust and Oldknow Academy. [103] When the reports were published, Mahmood said that scepticism of the original letter could be "put in the bin", but some people still had "their heads buried in the sand". What has happened has brought the integrity of the process into disrepute". ", "Trojan Horse row Q&A: What is the 'Muslim plot' all about and why is it so important? However, she admitted that senior staff had warned her not to let pupils dance to pop or Bollywood music. [32] This audit report was later reportedly retracted by the council following the Trojan Horse letter, and has never been published. Around a month later, Birmingham City Council revealed that following the letter release it had received hundreds of allegations of plots similar to those described in the letter, some claims dating back over 20 years. [79] For three years running non-Muslim pupils and staff were excluded from these trips. [82], Pupils had limited knowledge of any religion apart from Islam. WebIts just a Trojan horse for gentrification: austerity and stadium-led regeneration book By Mark Panton, Geoff Walters. 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[2], The report found evidence of intolerance at several schools toward gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual people, and said that governors and staff exhibited openly homophobic behaviour. [122] The Guardian also analysed Michael Gove's book on combatting Islamist terror, Celsius 7/7, pointing out that a chapter is titled "The Trojan Horse". The Truth about the Birmingham Trojan Horse Affair (2017). [47], Reverend John Ray, OBE, and ex-head teacher of a school in Pakistan, resigned as a governor of Golden Hillock School after 25 years. [3][4] Birmingham City Council imposed a temporary freeze on the appointment of school governors after probes into Operation Trojan Horse were announced. [53], In July 2014, after the reports had been published, Bore apologised and admitted that the council had ignored Operation Trojan Horse due to "fear of being accused of racism". He claims he was pressured to ban sex education and the teaching of non-Muslim religions, and was dismissed in 2003 after he told prospective teachers to question the governors. The rush to set up the hearings in July and August 2015 (prior to the Conservative Party conference in September) provided little time for the preparation of the case for the defence prior to the start of the hearings in contrast to the long-drawn-out nature of the proceedings once they had started. The Muslim Council of Britain also described the investigation as a 'witch hunt'. [5], Ofsted expressed concerns about an exclusively Muslim culture in non-faith schools and children not being taught to "develop tolerant attitudes towards other faiths". In a discussion on 5 February 2014, a teacher at Oldknow and governor at Small Heath School, revealed that the group's favoured candidate had become the head teacher at Small Heath. They investigated schools in East London, Bradford and Luton over concerns regarding a limited curriculum and pupils' detachment from the wider community. Others were challenged in court before the case against the senior teachers was discontinued. [22] Pupils and staff stayed in luxury five-star hotels. the Panel expressly stated in each decision, when pronounced on 9 February 2016, that the allegations were "in no way concerned with extremism". Of 21 schools investigated by Ofsted, and 14 schools investigated by the Clarke Report, charges were brought against teachers at just 4 schools. A sixth school was labelled inadequate for its poor educational standards and twelve schools were found needing of improvements. [85] The governors of the school were sacked in April because of inappropriate interference in the running of the school. [60] Girls claimed to have been discriminated against and said some were sent home from a tennis tournament because their dress was too "revealing". [60], Golden Hillock School in Sparkhill, Birmingham, was put under special measures by Ofsted on 5 June 2014, after being rated "inadequate" in all categories. Responsibility for determinations for academy schools passed to the Department for Education, but they put in place no measures for renewing determinations. [5] Ofsted subsequently expanded their investigation into schools in East London, Bradford and Luton over concerns regarding a limited curriculum and pupils' detachment from the wider community. [34] The Guardian and The Independent both stated that the letter is "widely regarded as a fake". He has performed over 60 operatic roles in the standard The Trojan Horse scandal, also known as "Operation Trojan Horse" or the Trojan Horse affair, involves claims of an alleged conspiracy[1][2] that there was an organised attempt to introduce an "Islamist" or "Salafist" ethos into several schools in Birmingham, England. The inspection said that "too little is done to keep students safe from the risks associated with extremist views". [135][136] No mention was made of the fact that allegations of extremism had not been any part of the charges against teachers. WebThe Trojan Horse Affair raises a serious question that requires an answer. [93], The investigation, however, did not find evidence of a "conspiracy" to promote "violent extremism or radicalisation" values.[19]. Some staff at the school expressed fear that neither eating nor drinking amid high temperatures during the 18 hours of daylight in the months of June and July would compromise pupils' health and their ability to learn. [113] Pieces in The Guardian included criticism of the academy system,[121] and demands that all state schools be made secular. 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