The head of the schools inspection service has defended her decision to penalise Al-Hijrah School in Birmingham for segregating boys and girls.
Amanda Spielman, head of inspection service Ofsted, said the school was just one example of a wider problem.
She said inspectors face “increasing hostility” from a few schools that have been influenced by “the most conservative religious groups”.
And she insisted schools had to teach “British values” because they helped to unite people in a multi-cultural society.
A huge row broke out after Ofsted ruled Al-Hijrah, a council-funded Muslim school in Bordesley, was school was practising unlawful discrimination because it separated boys and girls from the age of nine.
It led to a series of court battles, with judges eventually ruling in Ofsted’s favour. [Birmingham Mail] Read more
