Ofsted Ofsted head to be questioned over backing for hijab ban Amanda Spielman to appear before MPs after giving her ‘full support’ to primary school headteacher Amanda Spielman said in a speech that religious fundamentalists wanted to ‘actively pervert the purpose of education’. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/for the GuardianMPs are to quiz Amanda Spielman, the chief inspector of schools in England, about her controversial backing for a ban on girls wearing the hijab, following complaints from Muslim community leaders. It has emerged that the head who introduced the ban, Neena Lall, of St Stephen’s primary school in Newham, has publicly apologised to parents at the school, calling the decision a “huge error in judgment”. Senior Ofsted official backs headteacher over hijab ban for under eights Read moreLall blamed the media for inflammatory reporting of the hijab ban last month, which staff members said was to help the youngest girls move freely in PE lessons and outdoor learning. “No one is proposing a troop of inspectors turning up at Sunday schools,” Spielman reassured the Anglican educators.

Source: The Guardian February 09, 2018 19:13 UTC