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Sir Mufti Hamid Patel, chief executive of education trust, Star Academies, which runs schools often in deprived areas, many of which have achieved outstanding results. Sir Mufti Hamid Patel left school in Blackburn at 16, without himself excelling academically. Having worked in local government in Blackburn, he then ran a Muslim girls school before starting Star Academies. The trust has grown to include 34 primary and secondary schools mainly in northern England, the Midlands and East London.\\nNew government ways of monitoring progress, show almost half the top twenty achieving schools in the country are run by Star.

PRODUCTION TEAM\\nPresenter: Mark Coles\\nProducer: Bob Howard\\nEditor: Richard Vadon\\nSound: Neil Churchill\\nProduction Co-ordinator: Maria Ogundele