Birmingham Trojan horse teachers 'told girls to obey men'

Susan Packer said the worksheet was being used to teach pupils in lessons at Park View Academy, with schoolboys later 'boasting' to the girls "saying basically girls have to obey them when they get married".

Mrs Packer got wind of the boasts and upset she raised her concerns with then headteacher Lindsey Clark, who was 'very dismissive'.

After approaching another colleague, a closed-door assembly was held for the Year 10 boys involved five days later - although Mrs Packer was told she could not attend.

Giving evidence to a misconduct panel, she accepted never personally seeing the lessons taught, and had misplaced a copy of the worksheet she had taken home.

But Mrs Packer also claimed she felt "intimidated" by a growing Muslim influence at the school, after Moz Hussain took over as acting principal in 2012.

The school's former public relations and enterprise co-ordinator said loud-speakers were installed, broadcasting a "call to prayer" during lunch hours and described segregation during pupil assemblies.

Walking the corridor, she also spotted a school nurse poster where the "sex education" entry had been crossed out.

The National College for Teaching and Leadership panel in Coventry is considering allegations against two former Park View teachers who taught sex education, Inamulhaq Anwar, aged 34, and 41-year-old Akeel Ahmed.

Both men are jointly alleged to be guilty of unacceptable professional conduct, bringing teaching into disrepute.

The teachers are said to have agreed with others, on or before March 31 last year, to the inclusion of an undue amount of religious influence in pupils' education, while Anwar is additionally accused of breaching proper recruiting policy.

Mrs Packer said "respectful" Mr Ahmed was among a group of like-minded male staff surrounding Moz Hussain, while describing Mr Anwar as "a general rather than a footsoldier".

She said: "There were a group of men very close to Moz Hussain.

"There was a group of people that seemed to discuss things and follow each other's views.

"It was a growing group."

A staff member for almost eight years until 2013, she told how the focus seemed to shift from giving pupils a broad education to the emphasis being placed "on being a good Muslim".

While neither teacher was directly involved in planning school trips, Mrs Packer described several incidences where she claimed the changing ethos of Islam at the school affected pupils' experiences.

On a trip to France, the pupils were made "to sit in another room" after being banned from a peer disco at the chateau where they had been mixing with other children.

On another occasion a trip to a girls' netball tournament at another school was cancelled "because there were going to be male teachers there", while another mixed group of school pupils were called back from a tennis tournament because the coach was a man.

Mrs Packer said: "When he (a male teacher) realised there was a male coach, he rang Moz Hussain, and Moz Hussain said the girls have got to come back."

Earlier, she was asked about how the ethos had changed.

She said: "There had always been an Islamic atmosphere or ethos at the school which is understandable because most children were from that background, but it just began to feel you were more conscious how you dressed, you covered up more, and the girls in particular.

"I felt it was increasing."

She resigned in October 2013, claiming she was targeted by a spurious Islamophobia complaint made against her.

Mrs Packer said: "People were worried about raising issues at the school because you were likely to be called Islamophobic.

"I found that out to my cost - I had allegations made against me.

"I had to resign from the job I loved because I was raising concerns about how girls were being treated, how female staff were being treated."

She added: "Those months leading up to when I left were very horrible for me."

Park View School was at the centre of anonymous allegations which claimed there was a wider plot by Muslim hard-liners to take control of several Birmingham schools.

The allegations sparked investigations by several agencies including the Department for Education (DfE).

Following the scandal Park View was placed in special measures by Ofsted, and has since been renamed Rockwood Academy.

Both men deny the allegations and the hearing continues.