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Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt: "He was warned of these problems in 2010. He chose not to act"
Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt has accused the government of "incompetence" over its handling of extremism in schools.
The school inspection criteria was not fit for purpose, he said.
The comments follow a row between cabinet ministers Michael Gove and Theresa May over the issue.
Park View school, one of 21 schools in Birmingham being investigated by Ofsted, is expected to be rated inadequate, according to The Guardian.
The inspections came after claims hardline Muslims were trying to take over some Birmingham schools, following the emergence of a "Trojan Horse" letter - believed by some to be a hoax.
'Refused to act'Education Secretary Mr Gove was asked on Saturday if he was considering his position in light of the row with Home Secretary Mrs May on how best to counter the threat of extremism in schools, to which he replied "no".
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Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Hunt criticised those in the education department for failing to act when concerns about extremism in Birmingham schools were raised in 2010.
He said he thought this was down to "incompetence and negligence".
The Ofsted report into Park View is expected to say the secondary school failed to adequately warn its pupils about extremism. In 2012 the school was considered to be outstanding.
"How you can go from outstanding to inadequate? And that's because the inspection criteria is not fit for purpose," Mr Hunt told the programme.
"We want a much broader criteria to make sure these problems don't arise."
By Alan Soady, Political CorrespondentThis is not the first time in recent days that Labour has criticised the government over the fallout from the Birmingham schools allegations.
But the shadow education secretary, Tristram Hunt, is attempting to broaden the attack, focusing on the oversight of all free schools and academies in England.
It taps into a long-running political argument about the concept of free schools - and whether they can be kept in check centrally by the Department for Education rather than by local officials.
But the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, has robustly defended his sweeping changes to England's schools - changes which are central to his vision for education.
He will specifically address the question of oversight of schools in Birmingham when the Ofsted reports into the schools at the centre of the allegations are published next week.
Later in a speech to the centre-right think tank, Policy Exchange, Mr Hunt said: "He [Mr Gove] must come to the House of Commons on Monday and place on record why he refused to act on warnings, why he rejects the evidence of the need for local oversight of schools, and why he thinks that more of the same is the answer."
At the same event Mr Gove spoke of his intention to make sure all children learn to read and write to a better standard by the time they come to leave primary school.
Earlier, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said she believed neither Mrs May nor Mr Gove had got to grips with the issue of extremism.
She said there had been a lack of co-ordination across government, with the Department for Communities and Local Government being marginalised.
Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood has been asked to investigate the row between the home secretary and the education secretary.
The Ofsted reports into the Birmingham schools are due to be published on Monday.
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