16 January 2015

'Trojan Horse review': DfE 'lacked inquisitiveness'

The Department for Education "has in the past lacked inquisitiveness" about extremism in schools, an internal review by the department has found.

The review began after claims that hard-line Muslims had tried to gain control of school governing bodies in Birmingham - the "Trojan Horse" affair.

"Procedures could have been tighter than they were," says the report into its handling of the claims. [BBC] Read more