14 September 2014

Governor with 'Trojan horse' links to open new free school

Assad Hamed was the chair-man of governors at Moseley School when headteacher Dave Peck was ousted by a small group of Muslim governors in 2008.

Now he is involved in plans to open the Ittihad Free School in Sparkbrook in Birmingham.

Mr Hamed, who also served on the governing body of Al-Hijrah School, which is being investigated by Birmingham City Council, is among a group of 13 “trustees and governors” listed as members of the “Ittihad Free School Team”.

The proposed school’s website claims the “Muslim faith designated free school” will open in September 2015 and its Facebook page suggests it is in the process of submitting a funding application to the Department for Education. [Daily Express] Read more