10 June 2014

Bradford school governors 'promoted Islamic agenda'

.... However, confidential documents seen by the BBC reveal head teacher Chris Robinson resigned from her position in 2012 because she felt her reputation, integrity and leadership were being questioned by governors.

Nick Weller, a head teacher in Bradford and chief executive of the Bradford Partnership, an organisation which supports the city's schools and represents head teachers, believes Ms Robinson was unfairly driven out by the governing body.

"I think an excellent, outstanding head teacher has been driven out by a governing body because she would not give in to their agenda of making it reflect the culture and traditions of the Muslim students, more than it did, or more than is right and proper for a state-funded school. [BBC] Read more