A struggling girl was denied extra classes at her school in Birmingham, England because she did not wear a hijab, a senior government worker has alleged. Anthony Dunne made the claim while giving evidence against five teachers who worked for the Park View Educational Trust which ran three schools that were allegedly subject to an Islamist takeover. Mr Dunne visited two of the trust’s schools – Park View Academy and Golden Hillock – as part of a government investigation into the so-called Trojan Horse plot, where Islamic fundamentalists allegedly tried to take over school governing bodies, hire teachers who conformed to their views and impose a hard line syllabus on students. He said that while observing a mathematics lesson he asked one girl struggling with the subject if she was attending extra classes to help her get a good grade. “She looked hesitant and then nodded as though she did not want to upset me,” he said. The Birmingham Mail says Mr Dunne claims the girl later approached him and said she was “not allowed” to attend the extra classes. “It was my impression that she was not allowed to attend the lessons because she was female,” he said, adding: