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A teacher at the school at the centre of the "Trojan Horse" scandal "fed pupils a diet of Islam", a misconduct panel has found. | A teacher at the school at the centre of the "Trojan Horse" scandal "fed pupils a diet of Islam", a misconduct panel has found. |
Akeel Ahmed, 41, had denied including an "undue amount" of religious influence in pupils' education at Park View Academy in Alum Rock, Birmingham. | |
But a professional conduct panel found against him. | |
It was the first ruling in a series of hearings related to an alleged plot to control several schools. | |
Mr's Ahmed conduct tended to undermine tolerance and respect for the faith and belief of others, the National College of Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) panel sitting in Bournville found. | |
He had denied a central allegation he had agreed with others, on or before 31 March last year, to the inclusion of "an undue amount of religious influence in pupils' education". | |
The panel found he organised and delivered assemblies and meetings of an overly religious nature with inappropriate content. | |
It also ruled he had encouraged prayer during the school day, through posters, a call to prayer on the school's loudspeaker system, and through direct reminders to teachers. | |
The panel found Mr Ahmed "reformed the school curriculum to exclude proper teaching of sex and relationship education, use of contraception and safe sex". | |
It accepted "credible" evidence from one staff member - known as Witness A - that Mr Ahmed's role was "more akin to a general" in making sure pupils were "fed a diet of Islam" which stifled their development. | |
In coming to its decision, the panel found a number of individual allegations proven, on the balance of probabilities. | |
Thirteen former staff members, including ex-headteachers at Park View Educational Trust (PVET) and Oldknow Academy, have been facing misconduct proceedings. | |
The determination by the NCTL panel is the first to present its conclusions. | The determination by the NCTL panel is the first to present its conclusions. |
A Department for Education spokesperson said it would be inappropriate to comment while there were a number of related cases ongoing. |