Pay Attention, Powell!
State school run by Britain's strictest head gets 70% A/A* grades despite Lucy Powell claiming disadvantaged students are being 'let down' by focus on academic subjects.
Britain's strictest headmistress is celebrating her pupils achieving almost 70 per cent A and A* grades – more than double the national average.
Katharine Birbalsingh runs Michaela Community School in Brent, north-west London, which prides itself on focusing on academic subjects and a no-nonsense approach to discipline.
Her school outperformed by far the national average of just 28.5 per cent of results being A and A*, despite serving one of the most deprived communities of the country