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Parents at Pimlico Academy say they are glad to see the back of the troubled schools head teacher after he announced he was quitting following protests by students and staff over discriminatory uniform policy and curriculum changes.  Members of the Pimlico Academy Parents Group today said they were pleased that principal Daniel Smith was leaving the London school - where three quarters of children are from ethnic minorities. Mr Smith had introduced a back to basics uniform policy which banned...

Pimlico academy head resigns after race discrimination uproar that lead to student protests

Former Ofsted chief drafted in to help Pimlico academy head Nazia Parveen and Sally Weale © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA The former chief of Ofsted has been drafted in to advise the headteacher at Pimlico academy, the London secondary school at the centre of protests over allegations of race discrimination. Sir Michael Wilshaw, the former chief inspector of schools in England, said that he had been asked to visit the school to offer his expertise t...

Pimlico Academy in London has been vandalised with hateful graffiti amid the fallout from a school protest Messages which read They want to expel the students and Expel the racist headteacher have been covered Pupils accused the academy of racism, Islamophobia and transphobia during a demonstration last month Headteacher Daniel Smith removed the Union flag and agreed to revise his back to basics uniform policy

Students at Pimlico Academy in London walked out and chanted "we want change" while protesting a new uniform policy they say discriminates against Muslim and black pupils

Last modified on Fri 16 Apr 2021 15.28 EDT Children who organised a protest at Pimlico academy, the London secondary school at the centre of demonstrations over allegations of racial discrimination, could be facing permanent exclusion after being told to attend a disciplinary meeting on the first day of term. Hundreds of students took part in a demonstration outside the school last month, in protest over changes to the curriculum, uniform policy and the siting of a union flag outside the academ...

Last modified on Wed 14 Apr 2021 14.11 EDT The chair of the trust which runs Pimlico academy, the London secondary school at the centre of pupil protests over allegations of race discrimination, has written a letter to parents warning that any future disobedience by pupils will result in disciplinary action. Hundreds of students took part in a demonstration outside the school last month that attracted huge media interest, in protest over changes to the curriculum, uniform policy and the siting ...

Schools trust failing to teach Religious Education Schools trust failing to teach Religious Education 28 minutes ago futureacademies.org An academy trust in London has been accused of failing to uphold its legal requirement to teach Religious Education in its primary schools. Parents and staff at Millbank Academy in Westminster, part of the Future Academies trust, have reported that the subject is not taught at the school, and it is also missing from pupil timetables. Despite the evidence, wh...

Read online at https://workersliberty.org/node/37071 “Kick the racist out!” Rebellion at Pimlico Academy Posted in Author A Future Academies worker On Wednesday 31 March, their last day of term, almost a thousand students at Pimlico Academy, the flagship school run by Future Academies, sat down in the playground and refused to go to lessons. The students were protesting a racist school uniform policy, which instructed students with afro hairstyles to cut their hair and students wearing hi...

MP for Harrow Bob Blackman told MailOnline the situation at Pimlico Academy was bizarre and ridiculous Comes after headteacher caved in to pupils demands for the Union flag to be removed from outside school Mutiny by pupils and parents began over uniform rules but widened to include other discriminatory policies  Reaction to heads back to basics regime overseen by schools parent chain, which is chaired by Tory peer Opposition also led by militant teaching union in revolt against education refo...