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Social mobility must be at ‘the heart’ of levelling up, Government tsar says

The Government’s social mobility tsar has called on leaders to put social mobility “at the heart” of levelling up as a new index is unveiled to track where people start and where they end up in life. While unveiling the State of the Nation 2022 ...

23 Jun 2022 at 12:00

Minister defends Johnson after Government tsar says he is not a good role model

A minister has defended Boris Johnson as someone who pupils “should learn about in schools” after the Government’s social mobility tsar said he was not a good role model for children. Katharine Birbalsingh, who was appointed chair of the ...

10 Jun 2022 at 13:41

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

Conservative parents should be willing to take their children out of schools if they are “too woke”, a prominent headteacher has said. Katharine Birbalsingh, head of Michaela Community School in Wembley, used a speech at a conference in ...

15 May 2023 at 16:59

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

A Government social mobility tsar has quit her role, citing the fact that she comes with “too much baggage” and was doing “more harm than good”. Katharine Birbalsingh, who was appointed chair of the Social Mobility Commission in 2021, ...

06 Jan 2023 at 15:44

Michelle Donelan decries long ‘obsession’ with pupils going to university

Higher and further education minister Michelle Donelan said the UK has had an “obsession” with all pupils going to university for decades. Speaking to the Commons’ education select committee, she said: “I think there’s been an ...

15 Jun 2022 at 12:49

Ignore Ofsted, says social mobility commissioner

Headteachers should ignore Ofsted and “put the blinkers on” about their advice, the chair of the Social Mobility Commission has said. Social mobility tsar Katharine Birbalsingh told heads at the Association of School and ...

12 Mar 2022 at 16:55

Social mobility tsar urged to apologise for saying girls dislike ‘hard maths’

The Government’s social mobility tsar has been criticised for comments implying that girls do not study A-level science because they dislike “hard maths”. Katharine Birbalsingh told a meeting of the Science and ...

27 Apr 2022 at 17:55

Governors misinformed before backing school’s ‘prayer ban’, High Court told

Governors at a north London school that imposed a “total ban on prayer rituals” backed the policy “on the basis of misinformation and errors”, the High Court has been told. Michaela Community School in Brent, ...

17 Jan 2024 at 11:45

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

Labour frontbencher Jess Phillips has been accused of “racist and bullying behaviour” after getting into a row on social media with high-profile headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh. Ms Birbalsingh, former ...

01 Jul 2023 at 18:38

Education Secretary: Prayer policy ruling should give headteachers ‘confidence’

A High Court ruling that a school’s ban on prayer rituals is lawful should give “best-placed” headteachers “confidence” in making decisions for their pupils, the Education Secretary has said. The ...

16 Apr 2024 at 17:07

Reversing school’s ‘prayer ban’ exposes it to risk of threats, High Court told

Reversing a school’s “emergency” provoked decision to ban prayer rituals would again expose it to “an unacceptable risk of threats”, the High Court has been told. Michaela Community School in ...

17 Jan 2024 at 17:56

Girls do like hard maths, says Children’s Commissioner

The Children’s Commissioner has said girls “do like hard maths” in an apparent criticism of another Government tsar’s previous comments about girls’ dislike of taking A-level physics. ...

17 Jun 2022 at 12:16

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