A report by the education select committee said Ofsted failed to identify problems at some Birmingham schools, claiming confidence in the inspectorate's work in the city has been undermined as a result.
The DfE was also slammed for its “lack of inquisitiveness” to issues around extremism in schools prior to the receipt of the anonymously written so-called Trojan Horse letter in 2014 which claimed schools in Birmingham were being targeted by Islamic extremists.
The department also reacted too slowly with the issue not becoming public until March 2014, three months after it received the letter.
“This is more surprising, given the change in context and the heightened emphasis on combating radicalisation and extremism,” the report states.
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