End school protests that forced a teacher into hiding, says Gove adviser

Protests should be banned outside schools, an official review will recommend, as it highlights how a teacher forced into hiding after showing pupils a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad was failed by his school and the authorities.

Dame Sara Khan, the independent social cohesion adviser, will issue a damning indictment on Monday of the police force, school leadership and local council involved in the Batley Grammar School scandal.

Three years later, the teacher from West Yorkshire is still in hiding and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Khan, a British Muslim raised in Bradford, is calling on the government to establish legal buffer zones outside schools. They would ban all forms of protest activity within 150 metres, except striking teachers on picket lines. The review into social cohesion in Britain also reveals the scale of intimidation and harassment faced by ordinary Britons and how this is leading them to self-censor and modify their behaviour.

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