Saltley school governors resign en masse in wake of 'Trojan horse' inquiry
The governors of Saltley school, one of the Birmingham schools placed in special measures after an investigation into an alleged plot involving Islamist extremists, have resigned in protest at the way their school has been treated by Ofsted and Birmingham council.
The mass resignation is the first significant response by the governing boards of the five schools at the heart of the "Trojan horse" affair, which are awaiting publication of reports by Peter Clarke, the former Metropolitan police counter-terrorism commander commissioned by the education secretary, Michael Gove, to investigate allegations of extremism, and by Birmingham council.
"As a governing body we have no faith or trust in the impartiality of Ofsted, the competence of the local authority and express grave concern in the way that the secretary of state [Michael Gove] has described communities as 'swamps' and made it appear that any expression of Muslim piety is a stage in the radicalisation of young Muslims," the governors said in a statement. "Though we have challenged both the way the Ofsted inspection was carried out and the conclusions it came to, the governing board has no resources to take this further – therefore we have decided to resign in protest."
The move leaves the secondary school of nearly 1,000 pupils in Bordesley Green, east Birmingham, without governors at a critical time, with a month remaining until the end of the school year.
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jun/20/saltley-school-governors-resign-ofsted-trojan-horseI can't find out how a new board of governors was produced, but another news story implies they managed to get one in place just before the new school year began in September.
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