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London headteacher criticises Labour proposals to limit logos on uniform

Katharine Birbalsingh says school-branded trousers and skirts can help prevent pupils from sexual exploitation

The Guardian - UK

The threat to BTec courses in England is the educational scandal no one’s talking about

Snobbery and a lack of transparency around Labour’s review may be why there isn’t more outrage, says Guardian journalist Susanna Rustin

The Guardian - UK

Faith groups want more say in secular Britain. Labour should tell them to go to hell

Most Britons don’t identify as religious, and would prefer to keep worship out of schools

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Prayer rituals in schools remain a divisive issue

Letters: Readers respond to a news report and an article by Nadeine Asbali on a prayer ban at Michaela community school in London

The Guardian - UK

A shout out to anger management

Brief letters: Getting rid of rage | Secular song? | Rockumentaries | Piratical crossword clue | Political ills

The Guardian - UK

Experts divided over implications of prayer ban ruling at London school

Some say more schools may ban organised prayer after court ruling but others say judgment was based on unique circumstances

The Guardian - UK

Michaela school will keep its prayer ban – but as a Muslim teacher I know it doesn’t have to be this way

I’ve seen the richness that religious diversity brings to school life, says Nadeine Asbali, a secondary schoolteacher in London

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'A victory for all schools': Britain's 'strictest headteacher' Katharine Birbalsingh hails High Court prayer ban ruling

Michaela Community school is ‘a joy to be in’ thanks to strict rules, says Katharine Birbalsingh

Evening Standard

High court upholds top London school’s ban on prayer rituals

Muslim pupil loses case against Michaela community school, run by former government social mobility tsar Katharine Birbalsingh

The Guardian - UK

Who is ‘Britain’s strictest headteacher’ Katharine Birbalsingh?

Michaela Community School in London is at the centre of a legal challenge

Evening Standard

Digested week: splits emerge in Tory party’s latest splinter group

Liz Truss’s new Popular Conservatism movement appears to be divided before it’s begun. Plus, why culture wars are very tiring

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Katharine Birbalsingh is right and the High Court now agrees: a school is not a church

Where education is concerned, everything is about leadership. My family and I live in Tyburnia, just off Edgware Road. Twenty-two years ago we (well, my wife) started looking for a primary school for our two daughters. My wife soon found out about a Church of England state primary, Hampden Gurney,…

Evening Standard

This ban on Muslims praying in school is a dystopian, sinister vision of Britishness

The decision by ‘Britain’s strictest head’ reflects a wider culture with a myopic view of what multiculturalism should look like, says teacher Nadeine Asbali

The Guardian - UK

Katharine Birbalsingh defends ban on school prayers in high court

Headteacher of London school Michaela says policy is vital to ensure ‘children of all races and religions can thrive’

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School prayer ban restored order says 'Britain's strictest headteacher'

School has been subjected to violence, intimidation and racial harassment, says Katharine Birbalsingh.

The Guardian - UK

Top London school taken to high court over prayer ban

Michaela community school, run by ‘Britain’s toughest headteacher’, Katharine Birbalsingh, introduced ban last March

The Guardian - UK

GCSE grades gap for disadvantaged pupils in England widest in a decade

Experts say summer’s results mean new child poverty strategy needed to tackle worsening gulf in attainment

Daily Mirror

Britain's strictest school - timed loo breaks, silent corridors and strict phone rule

Dubbed Britain's strictest headmistress Katharine Birbalsingh, 49, is the founder of the Michaela Community School in Wembley

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Michaela Community School: Prank callers target London school over false claims in TikTok video

Prank and abusive callers are targeting a London school after a TikTok video falsely claimed it makes students cook for teachers and gives out five hour detentions.

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UK’s ‘strictest headmistress’ fears schools will stop teaching Shakespeare

Katharine Birbalsingh says move to decolonise English curriculum could mean Shakespeare replaced with black and female authors

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