There has recently been a lot of talk about 'British values' from some senior British politicians and how British Muslims must embrace them. Whenever politicians and others speak of the need to instil ...

Amanda Spielman said inspectors often see an 'oddly piecemeal approach' around helping pupils learn the values of democracy and civil society. In some cases it is reduced to examining the cliche of ...

Parveen Akhtar has received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council and the British Academy. A much-anticipated review into “integration and opportunity” in some of Britain’s “most ...

Amanda Spielman, head of Ofsted, claims British values are being “actively perverted” by religious extremists. In a recent speech, she suggests extremists are using schools to: Narrow young people’s ...

A mere week after the Trojan Horse Ofsted reports, following weeks of speculation still enduring and now spreading to other areas, with Peter Clarke’s investigation into the plot ongoing and his ...

In light of the debunked Trojan Horse investigation of an alleged "Islamist plot" to take over Birmingham state schools, the passing of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act in February, and the ...

What precisely are the “British values” that Robert Shrimsley quotes a minister as saying are at the centre of Britain’s future trading relationships (Comment, October 19)? In the minister’s mind ...