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I make sense

Missives on media, marketing and more. Edited by Amar Patel

November 9, 2019

What's really inside the Trojan Horse?

by Amar Patel


Trojan Horse play Battersea Arts Centre
Trojan Horse play Battersea Arts Centre

How can a school go from being rated outstanding one year to inadequate the next? When does an investigation become a witch hunt? And who gets to decide what is appropriate to teach a child? These are some of the key questions posed in Trojan Horse, an incendiary production based on real-life events in east Birmingham.

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Amar Patel

TAGS: Trojan Horse, Birmingham, Alum Rock, Washwood Heath, Park View school, Golden Hillock school, Saltley School, Oldknow school, Nansen school, Department for Education, Michael Gove, Sir Peter Clarke, Panora, Panorama, Birmingham City Council, Ian Kershaw, Razwan Faraz, Park View Brotherhood, Samira Shackle, british values, Professor John Holmwood, Lung theatre, Lindsey Clark, NCTL, Inamulhaq Anwar, Akeel Ahmed, Tahir Alam, Matt Woodhead, Helen Monks, Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, Anderson Park School, No Outsiders, Andrew Moffat, Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson, Sara Khan counter extremism, Amir Ahmed, Nazir Afzal, Gavin Williamson, Rockwood Academy