United Kingdom acts against school heads over ‘trojan horse’

London: The heads of up to seven schools in the UK’s second largest city Birmingham face removal following investigations into claims that Islamic fundamentalists have sought to take control of their curriculum.

The Sunday Times reported that three schools are understood to have already failed emergency inspections by UK schools inspectorate Ofsted in Birmingham. Four more are believed to be at risk of failing to meet Ofsted requirements. Schools that fail are almost certain to be placed in special measures and their leadership replaced.

Several of the other 18 schools have been told they will get a clean bill of health. UK education secretary Michael Gove ordered the emergency inspections after allegations that non-Muslim heads had been harassed by Muslim governors and female staff had been bullied as part of so-called ‘Operation Trojan Horse’ to take charge of UK’s schools.