Katharine Birbalsingh postpones free school opening

A free school being set up by the Tories’ star teacher, Katharine Birbalsingh, will not open this year as planned.  Birbalsingh gave a blistering speech to the Conservative party conference in 2010 in which she attacked dumbed-down standards in exams and “chaos” in classrooms. She illustrated her speech with pictures of pupils at her then [...]

The Michaela School – Second Best For Tooting

As local councillors we have thought long and hard about the issues raised by the proposed new ‘free’ school in Tooting. Graveney councillors have been to the consultation meeting and spoken to local residents, parents and businesses in the Trident centre. We recognise and respect the desire of local parents for more school places. Local [...]