The decision was said to split the local Labour Party group on Tower Hamlets London Borough Council.

[14] In December 2014, a female pupil at the school, Sharmeena Begum, left the UK to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

In February 2015, three more female pupils known as the Bethnal Green trio - Shamima Begum, Amira Abase, and Kadiza Sultana - left via Turkey to join ISIL.

[15] Five further female pupils at the school were subject to a travel ban and were made wards of court to prevent them leaving the country.

[19] At the request of the AQA and Pearson exam boards, an independent investigation was launched into allegations of exam-fixing at the school.

[20][21] Keary launched an Employment Tribunal claim in response, arguing wrongful dismissal and disability discrimination.