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The government's go-ahead for England's first free Muslim school to open in Blackburn in September has provoked a mixed response.
Many see variety of choice as a very important feature of good education and it is clear that the Tauheedul Islam Boys' School, like its sister girls' school, will have no problem at all filling places.
Tauheedul Islam Girls' School has also quickly established a formidable reputation for academic success.