Trojan Horse

  • Rogers prepares Brum exit

    21 February 2017

    Birmingham City Council leader John Clancy had a ‘gun to his head’ before deciding to oust chief executive Mark Rogers, a source has claimed.

  • Rogers to leave beleaguered Brum

    19 February 2017

    Birmingham City Council has announced the departure of chief executive Mark Rogers in the latest development at the struggling authority.

  • Birmingham may drop criminal record checks

    14 February 2017

    The council at the centre of the Trojan Horse scandal is expected to ditch three-year criminal record checks, sparking fresh safeguarding fears.

  • Brum hits back at Wilshaw 'rotten borough' attack

    12 December 2016

    Birmingham City Council has hit back at outgoing chief inspector of schools, Sir Michael Wilshaw, after he launched a scathing attack on the council’s children’s services in the weekend press.

  • Call to review home school rules

    02 August 2016

    Luton Council will call for a review of home education regulations in a letter to the Government amid concerns about child safeguarding.

  • An issue of control

    03 September 2015

    Education is being prised out of the hands of local authorities, but it may have gone too far, says Mark Whitehead.

  • Ofsted chief highlights 'serious safeguarding issue'

    15 July 2015

    Children are going missing from schools in Birmingham and Tower Hamlets without any record of their destination, inspectors have warned.

  • Diamond appointment for Birmingham

    28 April 2015

    Colin Diamond has been made interim executive director of education at Birmingham City Council following Sally Taylor’s decision to leave.

  • Improvement panel give green light to Birmingham plans

    23 March 2015

    Birmingham City Council’s improvement plans have been given the green light by the Birmingham Independent Improvement Panel (BIIP).

  • DfE rapped for internal review of Trojan Horse allegations

    03 February 2015

    Birmingham City Council has criticised the Department for Education (DfE) for choosing to internally review its own actions in the wake of the Trojan Horse allegations.

  • DCLG reveals panel to assess Birmingham

    20 January 2015

    The team of commissioners drafted in to help improve Birmingham City Council has been named by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).

  • Rogers blows whistle on policies

    13 January 2015

    Birmingham City Council’s chief executive has urged other councils to check their whistleblowing policies are working after his authority introduced an improved process.

  • Brum chief bites back at Sir Bob

    10 December 2014

    Birmingham City Council has hit back at Sir Bob Kerslake for being too detailed and dictatorial in his review of the city.

  • Birmingham given one-year ultimatum

    09 December 2014

    Birmingham City Council has been given a year to turn itself around or face further intervention, following the publication of a review into the council.

  • Ofsted hits back at criticism

    03 December 2014

    Ofsted has insisted its inspections must continue to sit alongside sector-led improvement despite mounting criticism of the organisation from local government.

  • Wilshaw renews Birmingham City Council attack as he defends Ofsted

    30 October 2014

    Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has renewed his attack on Birmingham City Council over its role in the Trojan Horse affair.

  • Four Wheel Drive Woman

    21 October 2014

    ...on Trojan horses

  • Birmingham must analyse its governance

    07 October 2014

    Asking whether Birmingham City Council should be broken up is ‘the wrong question’, according to chief executive Mark Rogers.

  • Don't carve up Birmingham, urges Pickles

    02 October 2014

    Communities secretary Eric Pickles has said he does not want Birmingham City Council to be split up under the review being conducted by Sir Bob Kerslake.

  • Ex-inspector becomes commissioner

    30 September 2014

    Secretary of state for education Nicky Morgan has announced the appointment of former chief inspector of schools Sir Mike Tomlinson as the new education commissioner for Birmingham.