British authorities have carried out emergency inspections at more schools in east London this month amid concerns about curriculum at some private Islamic schools in the area.
The inspections were conducted at the request of the UK's Department for Education (DfE).
According to 'The Sunday Times', most of the schools in the Tower Hamlets area of the city are understood to be private Islamic schools but also include a flagship Church of England state-funded school.
The east London borough with a largely Bangladeshi Muslim population had been flagged up as another target of Islamist extremist influence on schools following the "Trojan Horse" inquiry into Birmingham schools revealed undue extremist control over curriculum.
UK schools watchdog, Ofsted, sent in inspectors into six more schools after concerns about curriculum had been raised by the DfE, government sources told the newspaper.
They include Al-Mizan primary and the London East Academy, private schools for Muslim boys run by the East London Mosque Trust.
Their pupils, who are mostly from Bangladeshi families, learn a combination of Islamic education and some national curriculum subjects.
Ofsted teams also paid snap visits to Jamiatul Ummah secondary, another private school for Muslim boys, and Sir John Cass Red Coat CoE Secondary School, a voluntary aided state school overseen by the Tower Hamlets education authority.
Two other schools inspected have not been named.
Tower Hamlets said that "whilst we do not usually comment on Ofsted reports before they are published, we can categorically state the inspection has not found any 'Trojan Horse'-type issues relating to the conduct of staff and governors or the curriculum" at Sir John Cass.
A local council spokesperson said it was "one of the best performing schools in London - however, all schools can improve, and we look forward to supporting the school in implementing the recommendations of the Ofsted report when it is published".
Last month inspectors conducted 40 no-notice school inspections in England.
