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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. There have been claims that a hardline Muslim faction had sought to gain influence over schools and remove staff who were not sympathetic to their religious agenda.
Ofsted has not commented on claims that leaked inspection reports show serious problems in some schools.
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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 reports 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". But the chair of governors of one of the Birmingham schools caught up in the claims has denied that his school has faced an Ofsted inspection.
He questioned the appointment of a former counter-terrorism chief to head the Department for Education's inquiry. Roger King, chair of governors at Springfield School and a delegate at the National Union of Teachers conference in Brighton, said that Ofsted last visited the school "maybe two years ago".
Last year he said the school received a letter from the Schools Minister David Laws congratulating staff on raising standards.
"We have never had concerns from members saying that schools are segregating girls from boys - or any concerns about inflammatory Islamic assemblies," he said.
'Demonise'
Douglas Morgan, a teacher from Birmingham, warned the NUT conference that the inquiries could "demonise the Muslim population of this country".
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".
It is expected that the NUT will hold an emergency debate on the Trojan Horse claims on Monday.
Education Secretary Michael Gove appointed former counter-terror chief Peter Clarke to examine whether there was any substance to the allegations.
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 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".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".