How Britain’s strictest school found itself in the High Court
The TelegraphThe school is oversubscribed, with parents fighting for places because of its academic success and approach to discipline. Pupils had started to bring in prayer mats, which Michaela claimed was the first co-ordinated attempt by children to undermine the school’s rules. About a week after the first pupil had been seen praying in the yard, a teacher told the enlarged group to put the prayer mats away because they were against school policy. The school claimed that on the same day, pupils praying at lunch in the yard began intimidating other Muslim pupils who had chosen to eat rather than fast during Ramadan. Second exclusion was unfair The pupil behind the legal challenge received a second exclusion after it was reported by other pupils that she had been “openly talking about wanting to do harm to the school”.
History of this topic
Prayer ban ruling: Katharine Birbalsingh’s statement in full
The Telegraph
Britain's strictest headteacher says she was forced to stop pupils' Muslim prayers because teachers were being racially harassed
Daily Mail
Leading London school once dubbed 'Britain's strictest' faces High Court challenge from Muslim pupil after it imposed a 'prayer ban'
Daily Mail
Lifting the worrying veil on Islamophobia in Britain
Firstpost
School in London accused of failing to protect pupils from extremism
Firstpost
Shutting the school doors on the Muslim child
The HinduDiscover Related