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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sally Weale Education correspondent

UNCOVERED: Uk s strictest headmistress fears schools will stop teaching shakespeare - The Untold Story

Katherine Birbalsingh standing in a classroom at Michaela community school
Katherine Birbalsingh says we are following America, where Shakespeare has already been ‘lost’ from many schools. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

The headteacher of a school described as the strictest in Britain has warned that William Shakespeare will disappear from classrooms as schools in England come under pressure to decolonise and diversify the curriculum.

Katharine Birbalsingh, the controversial headteacher at Michaela community school in north London, said Shakespeare had already been “lost” in many places in the US and cautioned: “We are following America in this way.”

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