Batley school protests: Probe into Prophet Muhammad row

(BBC) A school where a teacher showed pupils a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad is to be the subject of an independent probe, the trust which runs it has announced.

Protests were held at Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire after the image was used in a lesson on 22 March.

A staff member was later suspended after complaints were made.

In a statement, Batley Multi Academy Trust said the investigation would review how “the materials [which caused offence] were used.”

The statement from the trust also said the investigation into the use of the image depicting the founder of Islam “would make recommendations in relation to the Religious Studies curriculum.”

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