An estimated 100 teachers and teaching assistants in the UK are likely to be sacked from schools after an investigation into their alleged extremist Islamist views. The UK’s National College for Teaching and leadership (NCTl), the teachers’ watchdog which can ban teachers from classrooms, is working on possible disciplinary cases against current and former staff members at schools in Birmingham.
According to the ‘The Sunday Times’, the schools were the focus of the Trojan Horse scandal, which saw efforts by hardline Islamists to take control of state schools. The NCTl is reportedly examining 30 cases with an expectation that many more will follow, as many as 100. Allegations under investigation include claims that an al-Qaeda style video was copied at Park View Academy, one of the schools involved in the Trojan Horse affair, and that teachers punished children by making them kneel on tiles.