Tahir Alam 'at centre' of alleged school takeover plot, hearing told

Tuesday 21st March 2017 19:19 EDT
 

A former chairman of governors at a school embroiled in the Trojan Horse plot “espoused” an “intolerant and narrow faith-based ideology”, a tribunal was told.

A total of 18 “incidents, policies and practices” around the alleged Muslim takeover of Birmingham schools were put before a hearing by lawyers for education secretary Justine Greening.

The panel is considering a challenge by Tahir Alam, who was barred from involvement in the management of schools by the Department for Education (DfE). The ban was imposed in September 2015 after officials concluded that he had engaged in conduct aimed at undermining fundamental British values.

Mr Alam was chairman of governors at Park View School in Alum Rock from 1997 to 2014, and chairman of a trust set up to manage the school.


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