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Parents at Pimlico Academy say they are 'glad' to see the back of the troubled school's 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 hairstyles that 'block people's view' and hijabs that are 'too colourful', after starting ...

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 to the new headteacher, Daniel Smith. This comes as hundreds of students at the school took part in a...

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