The respondent, a voluntary faith school for girls and boys aged between 4 and 16, believed that separation of the sexes was obligatory based on the school’s Islamic ethos.
In a June 2016 an Ofsted Inspection Report assessed the school as “inadequate” in “effectiveness of leadership and management”. A factor in this assessment was the policy pertaining to the segregation of pupils. The regulator noted that the segregation limited social development and the degree to which students were prepared for interaction with the opposite sex upon leaving school. To that extent Ofsted considered that students suffered educationally from the segregation.
Ofsted concluded that this practice constituted unlawful discrimination contrary to the GB Equality Act 2010. The school issued proceedings
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