News2nd February 2015
The Guardian newspaper has praised in Birmingham, calling it a , after staff and students worked to create an inclusive and tolerant atmosphere in the community.
Sally Weale, the paper鈥檚 Education Correspondent, visited the school to find out how the school was nurturing a sense of community in one of the UK鈥檚 most diverse cities.
Weale鈥檚 interest in finding out how schools were reacting to the ongoing case led her to St Alban鈥檚 鈥 where, she writes, she found 鈥渁 school shaped by the鈥 idea of multi-faith integration and inclusion鈥.
Weale found that the school, which has an 80% Muslim student intake, was responding to recent news events 鈥 including the Trojan Horse scandal 鈥 by emphasising common beliefs and values across different religions.
The school鈥檚 head boy, Nisar Shah, said: 鈥淲e are trying to deliver a positive message to the local community and to maintain peace around school. We鈥檝e been discussing the positive aspects in school, how we maintain our multi-faith approach.鈥
The school, whose 鈥榦utstanding spiritual, moral, social and cultural development鈥 was praised by Ofsted, has quotes from both the Bible and Koran displayed prominently around the school.
Weale also praised St Alban鈥檚 student council, writing: 鈥淭he students on the council are articulate and thoughtful about their school and its efforts to be genuinely multi-faith.鈥
Two school involved in the Trojan Horse case – and – are due to join the 黑料情报站 network in September.