Nasim Ashraf said he and his wife were accused of being at the centre of the conspiracy after they raised concerns about teaching and safeguarding issues. She said she had “very strong reasons to believe that … a Trojan horse agenda [was] being played out” in order to force her to quit. The headteachers’ union, NAHT, backed her claims, saying there were a “variety of apparent Trojan horse issues” in the Oldham area. “The Trojan horse allegation is the only one that is going to attract the kind of attention that was needed to hide the leadership’s shortcomings,” he said. Inquiries found no evidence of violent extremism, but raised concerns about school governance.

Source: The Guardian September 20, 2017 16:30 UTC