Barnet to get its first council-maintained Islamic faith school this September

Barnet will have its first council-maintained Islamic faith school from September, with the local authority taking a key role in a formerly independent primary school.
Barnet Hill Academy, in West Hendon, is set to change from being fee-paying to a ‘voluntary aided’ school and nursery from the start of the new academic year.
It follows a decision signed off last week by Barnet Council’s executive director of children’s services, John Anthony.
It means that Barnet Hill Aca