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Bridget Phillipson ‘told high-profile headteacher to lower her tone’ in meeting

The Education Secretary met with Katharine Birbalsingh – who has been commonly described as Britain’s strictest headteacher.

Evening Standard

London headteacher says 'private school families' facing higher fees looking for places at her state school

Katharine Birbalsingh, headteacher at Michaela Community School in Wembley, said this interest from these families had not happened before at her school

Evening Standard

Muslim student loses High Court challenge against ‘prayer ban’ at Michaela Community School

The Muslim pupil brought a legal challenge against the north London school over its allegedly discriminatory policy

Evening Standard

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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

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

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

Evening Standard

Education will be poorer if religion is banned from schools

Letters: Readers respond to Polly Toynbee’s article about the prayer row at Michaela community school in London

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

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What Australia can learn from England's stunning rise in education achievement

Australia's Catholic educators look to England's example

The Canberra Times

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

Daily Mirror

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.

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson’s social mobility tsar says he's a bad role model for younger generation

Based on the PM's personal life, Katharine Birbalsingh, chair of the social mobility commission, said 'I certainly would never be able to put him up and say, be like him'

Daily Mirror

Meet the UK Government tsar who wants working-class kids to aim lower

The new chair of the UK Government’s independent Social Mobility Commission (SMC), headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh, will call for working-class…

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Girls don’t choose A-level physics because they dislike ‘hard maths’, claims social mobility tsar

Britain’s ‘strictest headteacher’ urged to apologise after comments science and technology committee

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