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| Ofsted chief Wilshaw takes charge of Trojan Horse | Ofsted chief Wilshaw takes charge of Trojan Horse |
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| Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw is to take personal charge of the watchdog's investigation into claims that a number of schools in Birmingham have been taken over by Muslim hardliners. | Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw is to take personal charge of the watchdog's investigation into claims that a number of schools in Birmingham have been taken over by Muslim hardliners. |
| Ofsted has carried out inspections in 18 schools in the city. | Ofsted has carried out inspections in 18 schools in the city. |
| Sir Michael is expected to go to Birmingham this week to finalise the reports from these inspections. | Sir Michael is expected to go to Birmingham this week to finalise the reports from these inspections. |
| Ofsted and the Department for Education are expected to publish their findings in early May. | Ofsted and the Department for Education are expected to publish their findings in early May. |
| The Department for Education has ordered its own review of the evidence in the so-called Trojan Horse conspiracy. | The Department for Education has ordered its own review of the evidence in the so-called Trojan Horse conspiracy. |
| Ofsted has not commented on claims that leaked inspection reports show there have been serious problems in some schools. | |
| Segregation | Segregation |
| Education Secretary Michael Gove appointed former counter-terror chief Peter Clarke to examine whether there was any substance to claims that a hardline Muslim faction had sought to gain influence over schools and remove staff who were not sympathetic to their religious agenda. | Education Secretary Michael Gove appointed former counter-terror chief Peter Clarke to examine whether there was any substance to claims that a hardline Muslim faction had sought to gain influence over schools and remove staff who were not sympathetic to their religious agenda. |
| There have been claims of gender segregation in school, the undermining of staff and the unfair treatment of non-Muslim pupils. | There have been claims of gender segregation in school, the undermining of staff and the unfair treatment of non-Muslim pupils. |
| Birmingham City Council has launched its own investigation into 25 schools. | Birmingham City Council has launched its own investigation into 25 schools. |
| Douglas Morgan, a teacher from Birmingham, warned the National Union of Teachers conference on Sunday that the inquiries could "demonise the Muslim population of this country". | Douglas Morgan, a teacher from Birmingham, warned the National Union of Teachers conference on Sunday that the inquiries could "demonise the Muslim population of this country". |
| He questioned the appointment of a former counter-terrorism chief to head the Department for Education's inquiry. | He questioned the appointment of a former counter-terrorism chief to head the Department for Education's inquiry. |
| During a debate on racism and immigration Mr Morgan called for the teachers' union conference "to send a message that we are against Islamophobia". | During a debate on racism and immigration Mr Morgan called for the teachers' union conference "to send a message that we are against Islamophobia". |
| On Saturday Labour's shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt warned against religious extremism in schools. | On Saturday Labour's shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt warned against religious extremism in schools. |
| "We cannot have narrow, religious motives, which seek to divide and isolate, dictating state schooling. We cannot have head teachers forced out, teachers undermined, curricula re-written and cultural or gender-based segregation," he told the NASUWT teachers' conference in Birmingham. | "We cannot have narrow, religious motives, which seek to divide and isolate, dictating state schooling. We cannot have head teachers forced out, teachers undermined, curricula re-written and cultural or gender-based segregation," he told the NASUWT teachers' conference in Birmingham. |
| The inquiry has become known as Trojan Horse because this was the name of a plan for an organised take over of schools in an anonymous letter. | The inquiry has become known as Trojan Horse because this was the name of a plan for an organised take over of schools in an anonymous letter. |
| It has not been established whether the letter is authentic or a hoax. | It has not been established whether the letter is authentic or a hoax. |
| The Department for Education, in a statement this weekend, said investigations into the "very serious" allegations must be "carried out impartially, without pre-judgement" and as such it would be "inappropriate to comment further". |