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Opinion: England’s Michaela model offers education lessons for Canada

Students at a London, U.K. school that has gone back to basics get results rivalling those of peers at England's most famous private schools

“Hooray!!” That was the one-word tweet from Katharine Birbalsingh, “Britain’s strictest headmistress,” as students at the Michaela Community School, located in the shadow of London’s Wembley Stadium, received their “A-levels” — exams that would determine which university they went to. Significantly more students at her school (about 70 per cent) achieved top grades (A or A*) compared with the national average (28.5 per cent). A remarkable feat for a government-funded school with a sizeable portion of its students coming from financially disadvantaged backgrounds.

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