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Head warns of 'farcical' handling of potential extremism
A school headteacher who warned the Government about potential extremism in schools before the Trojan Horse scandal has described the Department for Education's (DfE) handling of the issue as "farcical".
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A headteacher has claimed that the government has 'dodged responsibility' over tackling extremism in schools.
Head warns of 'farcical' handling of potential extremism
A school headteacher who warned the Government about potential extremism in schools before the Trojan Horse scandal has described the Department for Education's (DfE) handling of the issue as "farcical".
An internal review found no instances of the DfE ignoring "specific warnings" of extremism in schools but it "lacked inquisitiveness" on the issue in the past.
But Tim Boyes, head of Queensfield School, Birmingham, said he met a minister and officials twice in 2010 to discuss Muslim hardliners infiltrating schools, but no action was taken.