09 June 2014

Books 'promoting stoning' found at Olive Tree Primary School

A Muslim school found to have books suggesting stoning and lashing as appropriate punishments says it is the victim of "hostility".

Ofsted said some of the library books at Olive Tree Primary School in Luton contained fundamentalist views which had "no place in British society".

The education watchdog deemed Olive Tree Primary School in Bury Park Road "inadequate" following a visit in May.

Farasat Latif, chairman of governors, said he rejected Ofsted's findings. [BBC] Read more