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#1 [Permalink] Posted on 27th April 2016 22:28
www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-36150082

Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has warned of gender segregation among teachers in Muslim independent schools.

Inspectors had found male and female staff and governors were being divided in Luton's Rabia Boys and Girls School, the education watchdog's head said.

Last year, Sir Michael wrote to the education secretary with "serious concerns" about staff segregation.

He has now written to her again, warning it continues to "actively undermine" equality in schools.

In Wednesday's letter, Sir Michael told Education Secretary Nicky Morgan that inspectors "expressed their concern when, at the initial meeting with inspectors, the school insisted on segregating men and women through the use of a dividing screen across the middle of the room".

"This meeting was not carried out in a religious setting but in a classroom."

Sir Michael said inspectors, visiting the independent school earlier this month, "gathered evidence that male and female staff are segregated during whole-school staff training sessions".

"Male staff sit in one room and the session is simultaneously broadcast to female staff in another part of the school," he said.

Inspectors were so concerned, they told the school's proprietor "the school would remain in the inadequate category despite improvements being made elsewhere", said Sir Michael.

Such gender division is against equalities regulations and the requirement for "fundamental British values", he said.

Sir Michael said this requirement is being "flouted" by some independent schools.

"Any form of segregation, without a good educational reason, is likely to lead to an inadequate inspection judgement for leadership and management."

The private school was set up in 1996 to provide an Islamic education for young Muslims in Luton.

The report from inspectors said that such separation of male and female staff does not "demonstrate equality and respect".

But the school, which serves more than 300 pupils aged five to 16, was commended for providing a "good understanding of what it means to be a responsible citizen in modern, democratic Britain".

The inspection report says that pupils have a chance to engage with people from other religions and "pupils demonstrated tolerance of other people's ways of life, even when their own religion views these differently".

A Department for Education spokesman said "It is completely unacceptable for women to be treated less favourably than men, and the advice note we have received from Ofsted on Rabia Girls' and Boys' School is extremely concerning.

"We will consider carefully the inspection report on the school to determine what action to take against any potential breaches in the independent school standards."
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#2 [Permalink] Posted on 27th April 2016 23:35
There needs to be an independent muslim schools board set up to look after muslim schools interests. Tell ofstead to do one, whats the point of doing all this chandah to build them when islamic values are being eroded in these schools. Would be better off just sending the kids to state schools and save the fees. This school has done well in all areas but being rated inadequate as it does not meet their definition of ever changing British values
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#3 [Permalink] Posted on 29th April 2016 09:37
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#4 [Permalink] Posted on 29th April 2016 10:52
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seems like it went from ok, to bad, to absolutely terrible!

why have they focused on this particular school? gender segregation is normal for islamic schools is it not?
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#5 [Permalink] Posted on 29th April 2016 13:00

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I was speaking to a Solicitor from your city last night. We know that there is political agenda against Muslims in this country, no point in crying about it.

We need a team of people to expose that, no doubt..

But those on the ground need to up their game and become smarter in dealing with the system. This School was struggling from day one and barely floating since its beginning. Its results are nothing to write home about...There are many Muslims Schools who are shambolic the way they run so Ofsted doesn't need a lot of digging to discover dirt.

There are Muslim Charities and Masjids which are run in a shambolic manner, waiting to be shut down.

There are Muslim Schools who are still getting good grades despite a stitled system and bias against us:

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Ofstead CANNOT downgrade an outstanding School unless its Torjan Horse scenario, not just on segregation.

We need to smarten up a little bit, clear sign from Allah Ta'ala is Ken Livingstone saga...There are Muslims who are telling us that we should support us.

  1. In principle this may be right BUT Ken is a seasoned politician and he shouldn't have taken a bait like that and fallen on a sword
  2. There are things which are true but learn to say it in a smarter, slicker manner. The way to expose that scenario is NOT to back Ken but to acknowledge what happened but also criticise and expose hypocrisy of the circumstances....Backing Ken (as a Muslim) won't get as anywhere.

We (as Muslims) think that if something is obvious it should be obvious to 59 million British citizens, it isn't...Do you see what I am saying?

As long as you say the Kalima, you will NEVER be treated fairly in this country; that's the hard truth.

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