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James May leads mockery of ‘Britain’s strictest headteacher’ over complaint about M&S Christmas advert

Katharine Birbalsingh accuses retailer of putting ‘two fingers up’ to traditional Christmas values with its campaign starring Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Hannah Waddingham and ‘Queer Eye’ presenter Tan France

The Independent UK

M&S advert ‘puts two fingers up to spirit of Christmas’, says headteacher

Katharine Birbalsingh tells retailer its Christmas ad featuring celebrities’ seasonal peeves will stifle children’s happiness

The Guardian - UK

'Outraged' London headteacher writes M&S letter of complaint over Christmas advert

Katharine Birbalsingh criticised Marks & Spencer for releasing an advert that shows celebrities shunning traditional Christmas festivities

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'Shame on you!': Britain's strictest headteacher pens unhinged letter to M&S

THE woman known as Britain’s strictest headteacher has penned a bizarre letter to Marks and Spencer’s criticising the retailer for…

The National (Scotland)

Private schools wanting to opt out of GCSEs ‘unable to produce the results’

Former social mobility tsar Katharine Birbalsingh says proposals come amid fears English state sector is catching up

The Guardian - UK

UK government did not carry out detailed surveys before it bought free schools sites

Freedom of information requests show such was haste to open new schools unsuitable buildings were purchased without checks for asbestos or concrete

The Guardian - UK

Katharine Birbalsingh: Britain’s ‘strictest head teacher’ takes aim at Jess Phillips

Britain’s most high-profile head teacher has accused Labour MP Jess Phillips of “racist and bullying behaviour”.

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OPINION - Fate has handed Rishi Sunak a bad hand, but he must still play boldly

Rishi Sunak is reportedly unhappy as Prime Minister: I am not surprised. He is too shiny — possibly even too idealistic— to appreciate the novelistic possibilities of decline. It seems unlikely that he will be a successful Prime Minister — 13 years are stacked against him, alongside the furies of…

Evening Standard

‘Jess Phillips needs to learn on racism like Prince Harry did’, says London headteacher

‘Britain’s strictest headteacher’ renewed her attack on Jess Phillips after a string of exchanges on Twitter

Evening Standard

Labour could investigate any claim of Jess Phillips ‘racism’, says shadow minister

Bridget Phillipson says party has process to look into headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh’s complaint against frontbench colleague

The Guardian - UK

Shadow education secretary says Jess Phillips not racist amid headteacher row

The Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley has been accused of ‘racist and bullying behaviour’ by a high-profile headteacher.

The Independent UK

Headteacher accuses senior Labour MP of 'racism and bullying' over social media posts

LABOUR frontbencher Jess Phillips has been accused of “racist and bullying behaviour” after getting into a row on social media with high-profile…

The National (Scotland)

Government adviser grew up in poverty and wants to 'shift dial' on social mobility

Alun Francis who grew up in poverty criticised successive governments for failing for decades to grasp the vital role geography plays in social mobility

Daily Mirror

Headteacher brands Jess Phillips’ social media posts ‘racist and bullying’

Labour’s Jess Phillips has been accused of ‘racist and bullying behaviour’, after getting into a row on social media with Katharine Birbalsingh.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Child identifying as cat’ controversy: from TikTok video to media frenzy

Tory calls for urgent investigation raise eyebrows as Rye college says no pupil identifies ‘as a cat or any other animal’

Daily Mirror

'Ghost of Thatcher' and 'Trump tribute act' - inside 'mad hatters' party with top Tories

The much-mocked National Conservatism Conference was held for the first time in the UK, with conspiracy theorists, culture warriors, Donald Trump fanatics and right-wing Tories ranting about all the things they hate

Daily Mirror

UK's strictest headteacher tells Tory parents to take kids out of 'woke' schools

Speaking at the National Conservatism Conference, Katharine Birbalsingh warned her audience that they will "lose our country" if they don't stand up to "extreme leftist views" which she claims dominates the education system

The Independent UK

Tory parents should pull children out of ‘woke’ schools, says headmistress

Katherine Birbalsingh quoted Gladiator as she attacked private schools for being more ‘woke’ than the state sector.

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The Guardian - UK

The face of cruel Britannia: who is the real Suella Braverman?

As the daughter of immigrants, the home secretary’s hostility to migrants can seem not only cruel but unfathomable. So what do those who know her best think makes her tick?

Wales Online

Samsung UK boss says he didn't let his daughter have a mobile phone

Experts say children having phones too young can damage their health, mental health, growth and education

Daily Mirror

Controversial social mobility chief quits saying she's doing 'more harm than good'

Katharine Birbalsingh, Britain’s so-called 'strictest headteacher' said some of her 'controversial' statements had put the Social Mobility Commission in 'jeopardy'

The Guardian - UK

Katharine Birbalsingh quits as UK government’s social mobility chair

Britain’s strictest headteacher admitted her outspoken views meant she was ‘doing more harm than good’

The Independent UK

Katharine Birbalsingh quits social mobility role citing ‘too much baggage’

Ms Birbalsingh was appointed chair of the Social Mobility Commission in 2021.

The National (Scotland)

Katharine Birbalsingh quits government role as she's doing 'more harm than good'

A UK Government social mobility tsar has quit her role, citing the fact that she comes with “too much baggage” and was doing “more harm than…

The Guardian - UK

Social mobility tsar casts doubt over grammar school revival in England

Katharine Birbalsingh says disadvantaged pupils with few resources struggle to win places

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