The Sacred | Katharine Birbalsingh on small-c conservatism and the philosophy of Michaela Community School @thesacredpodcast | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 21 hours ago.
Katharine Birbalsingh is the founder and headmistress of the Michaela Community School. She is known for promoting ’small-c’ conservative values in the her school, and has subsequently been dubbed Britain’s Strictest Headmistress, which later became the title of an ITV documentary exploring her and her methods.
She spoke about the underlying philosophy of Michaela Community School, her journey from being a ‘lefty’ to now a ‘small-c’ conservative, and the lessons she learnt from her dad’s parenting.
Read the full transcript here: theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2023/02/22/katharine-birbalsingh-on-smallc-conservatism-and-the-philosophy-of-michaela-community-school
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
05:11 What is sacred to you? Katharine Birbalsingh’s answer
12:49 Caribbean childhood and duty to family
21:16 Katharine’s parents’ faith and belief in the person of Jesus
25:16 From Marxism to coming out as ‘small c’ conservative
34:20 Speech at the Party Conference and losing her job in public school
39:07 The need for strictness and opposing the Left’s levelling down of education
46:10 The success of Michaela Community School
48:42 How values matter and the role of parents in their children’s education
54:22 Elizabeth Oldfield’s reflection on her conversation with Katharine Birbalsingh
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Katharine Birbalsingh is the founder and headmistress of the Michaela Community School. She is known for promoting ’small-c’ conservative values in the her school, and has subsequently been dubbed Britain’s Strictest Headmistress, which later became the title of an ITV documentary exploring her and her methods.
She spoke about the underlying philosophy of Michaela Community School, her journey from being a ‘lefty’ to now a ‘small-c’ conservative, and the lessons she learnt from her dad’s parenting.
Read the full transcript here: theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2023/02/22/katharine-birbalsingh-on-smallc-conservatism-and-the-philosophy-of-michaela-community-school
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
05:11 What is sacred to you? Katharine Birbalsingh’s answer
12:49 Caribbean childhood and duty to family
21:16 Katharine’s parents’ faith and belief in the person of Jesus
25:16 From Marxism to coming out as ‘small c’ conservative
34:20 Speech at the Party Conference and losing her job in public school
39:07 The need for strictness and opposing the Left’s levelling down of education
46:10 The success of Michaela Community School
48:42 How values matter and the role of parents in their children’s education
54:22 Elizabeth Oldfield’s reflection on her conversation with Katharine Birbalsingh
*****
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