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Good evening. Teachers and pupils have hit back at allegations that | :00:10. | :00:16. | |
Muslim extremists are trying to take over their school in Birmingham. | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
They claim the education and futures of young people are being damaged by | :00:20. | :00:22. | |
the controversy. Our special correspondent Peter Wilson spent the | :00:23. | :00:26. | |
day at Park View Academy and has this exclusive report. | :00:27. | :00:29. | |
The gates and fences surrounding Park View can seem intimidating. But | :00:30. | :00:35. | |
it's exactly the same as any modern school. They take security | :00:36. | :00:40. | |
seriously. We're the first TV camera team to be allowed inside to see the | :00:41. | :00:43. | |
school for ourselves. Good morning. Good morning. | :00:44. | :00:47. | |
Park View school is in Alum Rock. One of the most deprived areas of | :00:48. | :00:52. | |
Birmingham. At one time, the exam results were amongst the poorest in | :00:53. | :00:55. | |
Britain. Now these children are getting top grades. But this academy | :00:56. | :01:00. | |
school has been accused by some of becoming increasingly strict along | :01:01. | :01:05. | |
Islamic principles. These year eight pupils appeared to be segregated. | :01:06. | :01:11. | |
Girls seperated from the boys. Children sit wherever they want to | :01:12. | :01:18. | |
sit. I think boys and girls in any school in the country will | :01:19. | :01:21. | |
automatically sit with the other girls, automatically sit with other | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
boys. I don't stop these girls or boys sitting anywhere. They just sit | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
where they like. The white headscarves are the approved hijabs. | :01:28. | :01:30. | |
But I was told they're not compulsory. It's your choice if you | :01:31. | :01:34. | |
want to wear it or not. It's not like you have to be forced to wear | :01:35. | :01:42. | |
it. No matter what you do or what you wear, you are treated equally. | :01:43. | :01:45. | |
Miss Bibi, wearing the purple headscarf, is a science teacher. | :01:46. | :01:49. | |
It's exam time. This revision class had boys and girls sat together. The | :01:50. | :01:53. | |
school is being investigated by the City Council, Ofsted and the | :01:54. | :01:57. | |
government. These teenagers claim the allegations of extremism could | :01:58. | :01:59. | |
affected their job prospects in the future. I was very proud of the | :02:00. | :02:05. | |
school. That we had done so well in such a harsh environment. This area | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
being a very deprived area. And all of a sudden, it got this bad | :02:10. | :02:13. | |
publiccity. And I would have a feeling that people would stereotype | :02:14. | :02:17. | |
me in some kind of way. There is no extremists being taught here. I | :02:18. | :02:23. | |
mean, there is RE lessons. All religions are taught equally. We do | :02:24. | :02:27. | |
community cohesion. All religions coming together. People of different | :02:28. | :02:30. | |
cultures come and live together. But for months, allegations, like | :02:31. | :02:33. | |
thunder, have been rolling around this school. The best way of our | :02:34. | :02:38. | |
pupils avoiding becoming extremists is to give them a proper and true | :02:39. | :02:41. | |
appreciation of their faith. Why, then, have we heard these | :02:42. | :02:44. | |
allegations about bullying? Even Christianity being denigrated in | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
assemblies? I have no idea why people would choose to make those | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
allegations. Clearly, some of them are disgruntled ex`members of staff. | :02:54. | :02:58. | |
When you are taking a school from one which has very low expectations | :02:59. | :03:00. | |
of pupils to incredibly high expectations of pupils, some people | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
along the way are going to be uncomfortable with that. Park view | :03:05. | :03:10. | |
School has become the symbol for the whole Trojan Horse saga. `` Park | :03:11. | :03:19. | |
View. 25 Birmingham schools being investigated, with 21 of them | :03:20. | :03:22. | |
currently waiting for Inspection reports from Ofsted. Children and | :03:23. | :03:25. | |
staff today were ignoring all of that and trying to concentrate on | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
passing their exams. Peter's here in the studio. What are | :03:30. | :03:33. | |
your feelings tonight after spending a long time at the school today? It | :03:34. | :03:39. | |
is a very impressive school. They wanted to be transparent and I felt | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
that I was able to go where ever I wanted, ask questions, meet pupils | :03:45. | :03:50. | |
and get a real feeling for what was going on there. And the school | :03:51. | :03:54. | |
itself says, if it has caused any problems, it is because it has | :03:55. | :04:00. | |
reflected parents' wishes, 98% of those pupils come from Muslim | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
families. What is likely to happen next? | :04:06. | :04:11. | |
We will get the Ofsted report into the school and others, getting an | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
understanding what is behind some of these allegations and some real | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
facts, but this is a huge political story and will only get bigger. | :04:21. | :04:28. | |
Thank you. The fund started by teenage cancer | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
patient Stephen Sutton has tonight talked ?3.7 million. `` has to know | :04:32. | :04:41. | |
went over ?3.7 million. Donations have poured in since the 19`year`old | :04:42. | :04:44. | |
from Staffordshire died yesterday morning. | :04:45. | :04:48. | |
Across Burntwood, a flurry of yellow ribbons have appeared overnight to | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
remember Stephen Sutton. But it's his old school that has become the | :04:52. | :04:57. | |
focal point for tributes. Although Stephen insisted his life be | :04:58. | :05:00. | |
measured by achievements, and not time, across an hour, Burntwood | :05:01. | :05:02. | |
sheared their thoughts on there now famous son. `` shared. He's been | :05:03. | :05:08. | |
absolutely awesome. We're so proud of him. I think, as a nation, we are | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
proud of him as well. He just lived his life to the full and tried to | :05:13. | :05:16. | |
raise as much money for Teenage Cancer Trust. It's just amazing. And | :05:17. | :05:20. | |
I think his memory should live on. I live over near Worcester, but I've | :05:21. | :05:24. | |
come over. As I was in the area, I couldn't have not driven those extra | :05:25. | :05:28. | |
few miles to pay tribute to somebody that is touched millions, really. | :05:29. | :05:31. | |
Amongst the sadness, there are signs that Stephen's spirit lives on. | :05:32. | :05:33. | |
Stephen's keeping us going. Because we know that is what Stephen would | :05:34. | :05:38. | |
have wanted us to do. There are plans for the troll tattoo that | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
Stephen insisted on to become an unofficial symbol for fundraising in | :05:42. | :05:47. | |
Burntwood. But today was about Remembering the local lad who gave | :05:48. | :05:50. | |
so much. He's brought it back together. And hopefully, it will be | :05:51. | :05:56. | |
for the good. Do you know what I mean? He will not be forgotten | :05:57. | :05:59. | |
about. He will be carried on. For everybody here. Throughout our time, | :06:00. | :06:03. | |
the message from Burntwood was the same. Stephen Sutton inspired many | :06:04. | :06:04. | |
and made his hometown crowd. A 19`year`old who has left a truly | :06:05. | :06:18. | |
remarkable legacy. That's all for tonight. We'll be back in Breakfast | :06:19. | :06:21. | |
tomorrow morning from six. So it's goodnight from me and I'll leave you | :06:22. | :06:25. | |
with the weather now from Rebecca Wood. | :06:26. | :06:28. | |
Thank you. It has certainly been a pleasant day to day, temperatures | :06:29. | :06:33. | |
making it up to the 20s widely. As we head through the next few days, | :06:34. | :06:38. | |
those temperatures are going to continue to climb. Tomorrow promises | :06:39. | :06:44. | |
to be pleasant as well. Fine and dry with brightness and temperatures | :06:45. | :06:48. | |
really starting to climb. Overnight tonight, we do have some patchy | :06:49. | :06:54. | |
cloud about, which will help keep temperatures up a little, and where | :06:55. | :06:59. | |
we get pockets of clear skies, temperatures will fall. Like wind, | :07:00. | :07:03. | |
so it could drop to chilly temperatures in the countryside, but | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
these values are for towns and cities, so a mild night. Starting | :07:09. | :07:14. | |
off tomorrow, chilly start, then it starts to brighten up, good spells | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
sunshine through the day, loud here and there, but not at all with | :07:19. | :07:26. | |
temperatures up into the 20s, possibly 21 and 22 with light wind, | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
and the National forecast next, I will | :07:32. | :07:32. | |
prospect for the weekend, which shows we keep it fine, dry and warm. | :07:33. | :07:35. | |
And we can leave you with the national picture. | :07:36. | :07:40. | |
More warm weather on the way, today almost felt like June across the | :07:41. | :07:46. | |
country. Temperatures did hover around 22 degrees, the average for | :07:47. | :07:47. | |
June. | :07:48. | :07:50. |