:dateline:The Akaal Education Trust, led by 4 members of the Sikh community, has now�been replaced by Paul Stone’s Discovery� Trust to open the Sikh-faith Falcons�Primary School, Leicester.
The Department for Education (DfE) has given an ultimatum stating that unless the non-Sikh Discovery Trust is the leading body, the school will not be able to open at all.
As a result of the decision, a series of events have taken place, leading to�the cancellation of the funding agreement by the DfE, even though alternative options�had been�proposed by Akaal Education�Trust in line with contractual requirements.
Chair of Governors Paul Stone is accused of�deliberately�misleading the DfE in order to gain control of the Sikh school.�Sikhs have pointed out that members of the governing body and staff that resigned from Falcons Primary were closely linked to the�Discovery Trust, suggesting that�their motives�have been�questionable from the start.
Many Sikhs have voiced their disagreement with the faith-school being run by a non-Sikh body, particularly by those accused of undermining the�British and Sikh values on which Falcons Primary School is based.
The DfE continue to insist on a non-Sikh body.�Sikhs are voicing their concern and petitioning that the DfE reconsider their decision.
