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Two teachers have become the first in the country to face a lifetime classroom ban for trying to impose too much Islam on pupils’ education, leaving them at risk of exploitation.

A panel has found former Park View Academy teachers Akeel Ahmed, 41, of Wolverhampton, and Inamulhaq Anwar, 34, of Bordesley Green, guilty of professional misconduct at a hearing of the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL).

The pair both agreed with others to the “inclusion of an undue amount of religious influence in the education of the pupils” at Park View in Alum Rock before March 31 last year, ruled the panel.

Mr Anwar was also found guilty of the same allegation in relation to the education of pupils at Nansen Primary, where he was on the governing body. The school is sited opposite Park View and was run by the same academy chain Park View Educational Trust at the time.

The two schools are among five Birmingham schools plunged into special measures in April last year.

Ofsted’s ratings came after the emergence of a letter, supposedly penned by conspirators, detailing ‘Operation Trojan Horse’ - an alleged plot by hardline Muslims to take over governing bodies, oust staff and Islamise schools.

An NCTL panel has now upheld a series of "serious allegations" made against Mr Anwar and Mr Ahemd - adding their behaviour made pupils, particularly girls, at risk of “being isolated” in an Islamic bubble “and not properly integrated” into British society.

Chairman Mark Tweedle said that while their push to Islamise pupils’ education was “in no way extremist” the children were “not being prepared for life in modern Britain”.

Mr Tweedle said pupils were being “fed a diet of Islam” and the teachers displayed a “disregard for the law”.

He said pupils raised in a predominantly Muslim community and “immersed in orthodox Islamic doctrine at school are more likely to feel isolated and inadequately prepared for the world as they grow up".

He added: “As such they are more likely to be vulnerable from the actions and inferences of others who may exploit any sense of alienation.”

He said the panel had reached its conclusions by assessing a wealth of evidence, including comments they made on the controversial WhatsApp group The Park View Brotherhood .

Both teachers were found guilty of reforming Park View’s curriculum to exclude proper sex education.

Pupils were not taught about homosexuality, AIDS, HIV or contraception, while boys were told good Muslim wives should always obey their sexual demands.

Pupils were needlessly segregated, while Islamic prayer sessions became more frequent.

Mr Tweedle said the pair undermined tolerance and respect for the faith of others, limiting their understanding of other cultures and risking their safety.

He said that pupils were being “stifled and not allowed to develop like normal British teenagers”.

Mr Anwar was also said to have used his position on Nansen’s governing body to influence the recruitment of Razwan Faraz to deputy head of the school.

Mr Faraz, who also faces similar disciplinary action in a separate hearing, was under-qualified for the job, the panel said.

The panel cleared Mr Anwar of an allegation of organising or delivering overly religious assemblies or meetings.

An interim teaching ban currently imposed on both teachers will continue until education secretary Nicky Morgan reveals the sanction they face at a later date, which could be a lifetime ban.

Meanwhile, 11 other teachers from schools linked to the so-called Trojan Horse scandal still face allegations of professional misconduct.

PVET has since been renamed Core Education Trust while Park View is now called Rockwood Academy. Both Rockwood and Nansen now have a new governing body and senior leadership team.