Right-leaning Katharine Birbalsingh criticised ‘chaotic’ state schools at Tory party conference in 2010
A headteacher who rose to public attention by addressing a Conservative conference about some “utterly chaotic” state schools is a frontrunner to become the government’s new social mobility commissioner.
Katharine Birbalsingh, the founder of the “super-strict” London-based Michaela community school, heads a shortlist of preferred candidates to head the Social Mobility Commission watchdog, which seeks to ensure that the UK becomes more meritocratic, government sources confirmed.