Katharine Birbalsingh strives to cultivate a culture of kindness and hard work( Image: Geoff Pugh

Telegraph she had chosen Katharine Birbalsingh, who has been described as the country's toughest head

in life.Ms Birbalsingh revealed she" had not heard" of the commission before applying and added that

got to believe in the children.” On smartphones, which Ms Birbalsingh claims hamper pupils' ability to

.... And this could just be the tip of the iceberg.” Katharine Birbalsingh, the founder and headmistress of

But don’t assume it, ” she wrote on Twitter.... While schools can try to make up for this, she said, there is “ only so much a school can do ”.... And they could be pushing children so much more and teaching them so much more," the headteacher explained.“ I often feel sorry for children in these schools because they have to depend on their parents to hire tutors for them because they're not being taught properly in their lessons....

And they could be pushing children so much more and teaching them so much more.“ I often feel sorry for children in these schools because they have to depend on their parents to hire tutors for them because they're not being taught properly in their lessons.... They arrive at school-in terms of their chronological reading age-far behind their peers.“ We have to teach many of them to hold a fork and knife because they have never done it before.... Because someone is going to make up for their i

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 ”.... ’ whereas if you become a doctor that’s something people would admire ”.... She said improved schools would see an increased uptake in science from underrepresented groups “ because those vulnerable groups are the ones who are hit hardest by perhaps poor discipline, poor teaching and so on ”....

The government’s social mobility tsar has faced a backlash after claiming low uptake of physics among girls was because they dislike “ hard maths ”.... Girls are put off because from birth our culture tells them physics isn’t for you.” While Christina Pagel, professor of operational research at University College London, wrote: “ Maths and physics are beautiful subjects.... However, without a dramatic culture shift, so many young women will be continually undervalued and demotivated.“ The gove

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 obsession in this country over decades that university is the goal for everybody and that we should be pushing everybody towards university and that will be the answer to everything.“ Whereas the reality is it should be based much more on the individual.... The state s