Right now, there are four investigations going on into Birmingham schools, following on from the so-called "Trojan Horse" letter. That document claimed to outline a plot by Muslim hardliners to take over some Birmingham schools.
Ofsted, the Department for Education (DfE), West Midlands Police and Birmingham City Council are, between them, looking at 25 schools. Reports from those investigations are starting to seep out. But it is worth quickly recapping where we now are:
[A COMMENT] How can this be happening? Every school should be secular. No child should be discriminated against because their parents don't believe in the right god - or any god at all.
'Faith' schools are state sponsored educational apartheid. Why should children be separated because of their parents' superstitions?
'Faith' schools are dangerous, divisive & every single one is an affront to rational people. [BBC] Read more
