Tristram Hunt, Labour's shadow education secretary, is to warn against religious extremism in schools.
In a speech to the NASUWT teachers' union, Mr Hunt will say schools should not have "gender-based segregation" and that teachers must not be "undermined".
Mr Hunt will welcome Birmingham council's investigation into the "so-called Trojan Horse conspiracy".
The Department for Education is also examining claims of schools being "taken over" by Muslim hardliners.
The inquiries follow an anonymous letter alleging that factions within the Muslim community were seeking to gain influence over schools in Birmingham.
'Divide and isolate'Mr Hunt, addressing the teachers' union conference in Birmingham, will say that he does not want a French-style separation of religion from schools.
But he will respond to what he describes as "allegations of infiltration, intimidation and the pursuit of a divisive religious extremism through systems of school governorship".
Mr Hunt is expected to say: "We need to be clear about the duties which a state-funded school is expected to fulfil.
End Quote Tristram Hunt Shadow education secretaryWe cannot have head teachers forced out; teachers undermined; curricula re-written; and cultural or gender-based segregation"
"We cannot have narrow, religious motives - which seek to divide and isolate - dictating state schooling.
"We cannot have head teachers forced out; teachers undermined; curricula re-written; and cultural or gender-based segregation."
The city council this week launched its own inquiry into 25 schools.
Education Secretary Michael Gove also appointed a former counter-terror chief, Peter Clarke, to establish whether there was any substance to the allegations.
Ofsted has carried out inspections of 18 schools in Birmingham.
But the claims about such "take-overs" have been strongly rejected by schools caught up in these claims.
Tahir Alam, chair of governors at Park View School, has warned of a "witch hunt" and has dismissed the "ridiculous assertions".
Mr Hunt will say that the concern about Birmingham shows the difficulty of an over-centralised control of schools - and he says Labour is planning to publish a review of the local oversight of schools
He will also repeat calls for the end of the use of unqualified teachers in schools and will call for improvements in ongoing professional training for teachers.
The Department for Education says state schools should have the same flexibility over hiring staff as private schools, so they can bring "great linguists, computer scientists, engineers and other specialists into the classroom".
"It is entirely up to head teachers who they employ and we trust their judgment in getting the mix right for the pupils they know best," said an education department spokeswoman.
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