Principal Crown Hills Community College. Winner of the Pearsons HT of the year in a sec 2023. Happy to lend an ear to any leader about any issue. Views my own.
Throwback to 22nd June where we celebrated our @TeachingAwards
So proud of our community receiving national recognition...if we can anyone can! Thank you to the staff, parents and children that make us what we are @CHCC_Official
@MrTeece_ Indeed but sometimes unscrupulous individuals that lack integrity view the world through their prism of valuing themselves more than principles and cannot fathom that you actually lead with a moral compass...that's difficult to stomach sometimes
We are incredibly proud of one of our Year 8 students who was shortlisted for the Young Poet Laureate Award for the Midlands. Yesterday she visited the library of Birmingham to take part in a masterclass and read her poem to an audience.
Delighted and honoured to be nominated for Muslim Teacher of the Year. Education has the power to transform lives, and I’m grateful to play a small part in that journey. Thank you for the support! 📚✨@nidatrust@ChallneyBoys@CTGtraining@ChilternTSH
Some absolutely revolting people on this app, exploiting the worst vices of human nature for status and glory, or political impact. @MuftiPatel is one of the most capable and experienced people in the English system. His schools are fantastic. And none of this ghastly post is true. Report this.
🔦Spotlight on...Hamid Patel!
Hamid Patel has helped raise educational standards and improve outcomes for thousands of pupils, particularly in areas of social disadvantage.
We're excited to be launching an online CPD Event to support Primary & Secondary leaders to use AI with confidence.
The session will be held online on Thursday 23rd April & Wednesday 3rd June 2-4pm at only £30 per person. Full details below.
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Today we welcomed the CEO of @Sport_England and @AliOliverYST@YouthSportTrust into school. They met with our staff and students and heard all about our approach towards health, wellbeing, PE and physical activity!
Our Year 7s have been visiting @dmuleicester to experience University life. They toured the campus, visited accommodation, took part in glow in the dark badminton & asked questions. Two students said "I didn't know anything about university before but now I'm definitely going!"
We are proud of the extra curricular clubs we offer to our students.
This term looks busy again with over 70 different clubs on offer. From sports, to art and design to music and science. There’s even some unique clubs like Jewellery making!
Phone theft: 5 must-dos to secure your data in case your mobile’s nicked!
Courtesy of @itvMLshow ‘Slash mobile phone bills and insurance costs’. Watch the full show on https://t.co/bVT2bNREhh
As a Christian who has lived in the Middle East for many centuries of accumulated history, I can say this clearly: the problem is not Islam.
Islam, like Christianity, Judaism, or any other religion, emerges from a cultural and social structure. It is interpreted, practiced, and lived differently depending on the era, the level of education, the economic conditions, and the historical trajectory of each society. Religions are not static blocks; they evolve with societies.
It is therefore intellectually dishonest to claim, in absolute terms, that Islam itself is the problem.
First, Islam is not one single reality.
There are multiple Islamic sects, diverse peoples, radically different cultures, and very different political experiences. Indonesian Islam is not Saudi Islam; Moroccan Islam is not Iranian Islam; Bosnian Islam is not Afghan Islam. To reduce all of this complexity to one label called Islam is not analysis، it is simplification bordering on propaganda.
The real problem is far more complex and multidimensional.
The first major rupture occurred during the Cold War, when the Soviet Union successfully penetrated Arab political structures under the banner of Palestine. This produced a form of leftist Arab nationalism, deeply hostile to Western civilization and ideologically mobilized against the United States. Over time, many of these movements failed politically and economically, and gradually recycled themselves into what can be described as Islamized leftism retaining the same anti-Western ideology, but now dressed in religious language.
The second phenomenon is demographic and sociological.
Due to declining birth rates, Western countries imported large numbers of Muslim migrant workers. Most came from rural areas or impoverished urban neighborhoods, often without education or cultural capital. These populations were neither fully anchored in their societies of origin nor successfully integrated into Western societies. This failure cannot be reduced to religious blame alone, it is the result of economic policy, urban segregation, and integration failure.
This complexity was understood early on. Hassan II, the late King of Morocco, explicitly warned France against mass naturalization of Moroccan migrants and expressed serious reservations about the long-term consequences. His concern was not religious, it was sociological and structural.
No serious thinker judges a religion based on isolated incidents, or based on periods of decline or prosperity. History shows clearly that wealthy and stable states integrate diversity far more easily than poor and fractured ones. Poverty radicalizes; prosperity pacifies.
Finally, there is the most dangerous illusion of all: the idea of turning global tensions into religious wars.
By what rational logic should humanity drag the planet into civilizational or religious conflict? This is not only immoral, it is strategically suicidal. Anyone advocating such ideas lacks historical depth and strategic vision.
The conclusion is simple:
Religious hatred is not analysis.
Generalization is not intelligence.
And blaming Islam as a whole is neither accurate nor useful.
What we are facing is a crisis of failed states, ideological manipulation, economic exclusion, and strategic irresponsibility, not a war of religions.
Those who truly care about peace must stop feeding fear, and start addressing reality.
This morning we celebrated our students who are on track for #Success Day in July. They all enjoyed a treat from Baker Street Cakes. We hope this gives them the motivation to keep up the good work next term!