Ofsted accused of 'ignoring' the bullying of Christian students

The schools watchdog has been accused of “ignoring” the bullying of Christian students following a in-depth investigation into radicalisation of pupils at a group of schools in Birmingham. Colin Hart, director of the Christian Institute, a pressure group and a charity, has said Ofsted and the Department for Education (DfE) have given “inadequate attention” to the “bullying of Christian pupils”. His remarks follow a recent letter from Sir Michael Wilshaw, the schools’ chief inspector, addressing the issue of schools caught up in the so-called Trojan Horse scandal, which alleged Muslim groups were seeking to gain control of schools in Birmingham. In a letter addressed to Nicky Morgan, the Education Secretary, Mr Hart said it was “striking” that official reports by Peter Clarke and Ian Kershaw listed explicit examples of anti-Christian “intolerance” in several schools involved in the scandal but “none of these are noted in the Ofsted reports on those schools”. Mr Hart wrote: “You will see they include anti-Christian chanting in assemblies, GCSE pupils who opted to learn Christianity being left to teach themselves, and Christians being called ‘ignorant’ or ‘liars’ by teachers.”


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