Katharine Birbalsingh

The High Court has ruled today in favour of Michaela Community School, after it was sued by a Muslim pupil who objected to the school’s prayer ban. Below is a statement from the school’s headmistress, Katharine Birbalsingh: A school should be free to do what is right for the pupils it serves. The court’s decision

As a headteacher at Michaela Community School in Wembley, North London, I'm baffled by Labour's shake-up of education

Dear Secretary of State, thank you for meeting me and one of my deputies on Monday. You will have noticed in our meeting how disappointed we were with your responses to the questions teachers have about the government’s proposals. I assure you, we are not alone in that feeling. As teachers, we often hear politicians

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which threatens the huge gains made in education over the last 15 years, is moving swiftly through Parliament. If it passes, the impact on our children, especially our most vulnerable, will be seismic. Yet this Bill is slipping by largely unnoticed. Labour’s huge majority gives it untrammelled power. But it

I watched in dismay as social media erupted – not over curriculum reform – but over the appointment of Sir Hamid Patel as Chair of Ofsted.