Trojan Horse: Wolverhampton teacher who 'fed diet of Islam' to pupils facing ban

Akeel Ahmed, aged 41, who taught at Park View Academy in Birmingham, was found guilty of professional misconduct at a hearing of the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL).

His fellow Park View teacher Inamulhaq Anwar, aged 34 from Bordesley Green, was also found guilty of professional misconduct.

The pair conspired with others to include an undue amount of religious influence in the education of pupils at the school in Alum Rock, according to the NCTL panel.

The panel added that Ahmed and Anwar put their pupils, especially girls, at risk of being isolated in an Islamic bubble and unable to integrate properly into British life.

Chairman of the panel, Mark Tweedle, accepted that the pair's teaching was not extremist, but did say it was failing to prepare pupils for British society. Mr Tweddle said pupils were being 'fed a diet of Islam'.

The pair's potential lifetime bans come as a result of Operation Trojan Horse, an investigation into an alleged organised attempt by a number of associated individuals to introduce an Islamist or Salafist ethos into several schools in Birmingham.

Ahmed and Anwar were both found guilty of reforming the school's curriculum to exclude proper sex education, meaning the pupils were not taught about contraception, AIDS, HIV, or homosexuality.

An interim teaching ban currently imposed on both teachers will continue until education secretary Nicky Morgan reveals the sanction they face at a later date, which could be anything up to a lifetime ban.

Anwar was also found guilty for professional misconduct a second time during the hearing, this time at Nansen Primary School where he was on the board of governors.