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Bristol born Alex hit out at government advisor who said aspirations need to move beyond a 'rags to riches' narrative

The new chair of the UK Government’s independent Social Mobility Commission (SMC), headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh, will call for working-class…

The right wing press believes Katharine Birbalsingh has done something magical by creating a safe learning environment in a state school. But that just betrays their ignorance, writes Zoe Williams

Katharine Birbalsingh says move to decolonise English curriculum could mean Shakespeare replaced with black and female authors

Girls are giving up the subject because they are not encouraged, Dame Rachel de Souza says

“From my own knowledge of these things, physics is not something that girls tend to fancy. They don’t want to do it … There’s a lot of hard maths in there that I think that they would rather not do,” Katharine Birbalsingh, chair of the UK government’s Social Mobility Commission…

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Good Morning Britain host Charlotte Hawkins brought a debate on school subjects to a swift end on Friday's show

Letters: In response to the social mobility commissioner’s claim that girls are shunning physics because of its difficulty, Matthew Belmonte says we must make Stem classrooms welcoming places for all. Plus letters from Ruth Rising and Rachel Clark