10 May 2014

Council expects 'firestorm’ over Trojan Horse schools plot

Birmingham city council expects a “bloody firestorm” and a “knockout blow” when official inspection reports on the alleged hardline-Muslim “Trojan Horse” plot in the city’s schools are published next month.

In a secret meeting last week with heads of the schools affected, Mark Rogers, the council’s chief executive, launched personal attacks on both Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, and Sir Michael Wilshaw, the chief inspector of schools.

He sought to “challenge” the basis of the inspections and said the council was contemplating involving its lawyers. [The Telegraph] Read more