Prayer ban at Britain’s strictest school is lawful, High Court rules
The headteacher at a school once dubbed Britain’s strictest has today hailed a court ruling after a Muslim student lost a challenge against its ban on ‘prayer rituals’. Katharine Birbalsingh, founder and leader of Michaela Community School in Brent, North London, said the High Court judge’s decision was a ‘victory for all schools’. She added:…