Countering Extremism in British Schools?: The Truth about the Birmingham Trojan Horse Affair

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John Holmwood Therese O'Toole

Countering Extremism in British Schools?

The Truth about the Birmingham Trojan Horse Affair

John Holmwood, Therese O'Toole

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Policy Press
29 November 2017

Islamic studies; Multicultural education; Faith (religious) schools

In 2014 'Trojan Horse' affair, an alleged plot to 'Islamify' several state schools in Birmingham, caused a previously highly successful school to be vilified. Holmwood and O'Toole challenge the accepted narrative and draw on the potential parallel with the Hillsborough disaster to suggest a similar false narrative has taken hold of public debate. This important book highlights the major injustice inflicted on the teachers and shows how this affair was used to criticise multiculturalism, and justify the expansion of a broad and intrusive counter extremism agenda.

By: John Holmwood, Therese O'Toole
Imprint: Policy Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781447344131
ISBN 10: 1447344138
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 29 November 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: A plot to Islamicise schools? Part 1: Context `British values’ and community cohesion Prevent: from hearts and minds to muscular liberalism Community cohesion, schooling and Prevent Religious education, collective worship and publicly funded education Governance, school reform and change management Part 2: The case Introducing the case Enter Ofsted The Clarke and Kershaw Reports The NCTL hearings and their collapse Conclusion: Lessons from the Trojan Horse affair

John Holmwood is Professor of Sociology at the University of Nottingham. From 2012 to 2014, he was President of the British Sociological Association and in 2014/15, he was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA. He acted as an Expert Witness to the Court in one of the National College for Teaching and Leadership hearings against teachers arising from the Trojan Horse affair. Therese O’Toole is Reader in Sociology at the University of Bristol and a member of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship. She led a major ESRC/AHRC study of Muslim Participation in Contemporary Governance and an AHRC Connected Communities study of the local implementation of Prevent in Bristol. .

Reviews for Countering Extremism in British Schools?: The Truth about the Birmingham Trojan Horse Affair

A compelling alternative analysis of the `Trojan Horse' affair, shining much-needed light on a serious but neglected vector of educational inequality in the UK. Reza Gholami, University of Birmingham