An Islamic school in Birmingham has mounted a legal challenge against Ofsted after it was failed by the watchdog over a 25-year-old leaflet. Ofsted rated Birchfield independent girls’ school in Aston as “inadequate” after inspectors found an “inflammatory” leaflet about a 1994 Islamic conference in the library. The watchdog found the school was providing a “good” education for pupils but said safeguarding was ineffective owing to the contents of the leaflet. In a statement, the school said: “The leaflet identified has no place in our teachings, curriculum or ethos. This is because of the serious nature of the inflammatory leaflet found in the school library, dating from 1994.

Source: The Guardian January 26, 2020 13:52 UTC