Schools

Michaela insists it does meet daily worship laws

Case shows it is 'technically impossible to be truly secular', says campaign group

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Features

Katharine Birbalsingh, Headmistress, Michaela Community School

A customised Marmite jar stands on Katharine Birbalsingh’s desk, with the name “Michaela” emblazoned across it. It’s a stroke of...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Detentions are a kind of ‘violence’ against pupils, says expert

Detentions were “a kind of violence” against pupils, said a conflict expert during a heated panel debate on pupil...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Opinion

Homework habits: what we have learned at Michaela

Setting the right balance on homework is a tight-rope walk for teachers, but Britain’s so-called ‘strictest school’ has a...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor