The invite seemed innocuous. Tomorrow evening, at a community centre in Birmingham, parents, teachers and others would gather to discuss the future of schools in Britain’s second city. One pictures a scene from David Cameron’s Big Society: local people pulling together with experts to improve the education of their children.
Sadly, the meeting was no such thing. It was instead a shocking attempt to deny the Trojan Horse scandal of 2014 in plain sight of the public and authorities.
When The Daily Telegraph discovered this, and contacted the owners of the venue, they rightly cancelled it. It may still be held elsewhere. But even if it is not, that is unlikely to be the end of this plot. [The Telegraph] Read more
