{"id":188347,"date":"2025-06-16T06:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T06:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/188347\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T06:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T06:54:11","slug":"white-guilt-behind-schools-push-for-diversity-britains-strictest-headteacher-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/188347\/","title":{"rendered":"White guilt behind schools&#8217; push for diversity, Britain&#8217;s strictest headteacher claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Britain&#8217;s strictest headteacher has claimed &#8220;white guilt&#8221; is behind a greater push for diversity in schools.<\/p>\n<p>Headteacher of Michaela Community School in Wembley, Katharine Birbalsingh, said schools did &#8220;the wrong thing&#8221; by splitting children into ethnic, religious or LGBT+ groups.<\/p>\n<p>Birbalsingh said that pupils should be learning algebra rather than taking part in &#8220;diversity days&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a conference for the Family Education Trust over the weekend, she said schools did not instil a feeling of belonging to their country.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"82152\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"f35296f902fbb572a5c0e1251ee18ba8\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201024%20683'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/u200bkatharine-birbalsingh.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\\u200bKatharine Birbalsingh\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Katharine Birbalsingh took aim at &#8216;diversity days&#8217; in a blistering speech<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8220;You\u2019ve got various diversity days bringing all different foods, etc. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am the most diverse person you\u2019ll ever find in terms of my background. But the fact is that there\u2019s nothing unifying the school.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If there are no values that everyone buys into, whatever their background, whatever their religion, then there\u2019s nothing to hold them together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Birbalsingh also cited the case of one London school, which she did not name, which she said &#8220;abandoned all Shakespeare&#8221; instead choosing to focus on &#8220;the great works&#8221; of Panti Bliss, an Irish drag queen and gay rights activist.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to diversity days, she said: &#8220;Why are they not learning algebra? That\u2019s what I\u2019d like to know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>LATEST DEVELOPMENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"fd17b\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"7e63a5854c7940cbac2eee689c8b44af\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20800'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/michaela-community-school-in-north-london.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Michaela Community School in North London\"\/>Michaela Community School in North LondonGETTY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Britain&#8217;s strictest headteacher has claimed &#8220;white guilt&#8221; is behind a greater push for diversity in schools. 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