The chief inspector of schools Sir Michael Wilshaw has demonstrated outrage at how little action has been taken in light of the 'Trojan Horse' enquiries. He warned MPs “I don’t think we’ve seen the end of the Trojan Horse issues (…) that’s why I’ve been clear that Birmingham’s got to step up to the plate and monitor what’s happening in their schools, if it’s a local authority school, much more effectively (…) there needs to be a greater sense of urgency (…) It is astonishing that the local authority has not produced an action plan, what they call their integrated plan to address the Trojan Horse issues.”
Indeed, an updated report that was conducted by Ofsted showed that the infrastructure of affected schools, including Park View Academy and Golden Hillock School, had not shown improvement.
Leading civil servant at the Department for Education, Chris Wormald, retorted that though serious steps did need to be instituted immediately, it does “take quite a bit of time, particularly around a variety of staffing changes”.
