On the left we have Alison Cowell headmistress of Ebsfleet Academy in Kent. She has an "unashamedly strict uniform policy" and this week, with the new academic year, she has been exercising her muscles to enforce it. 5% of her pupils have been sent home for offences against the uniform policy such as wearing her hair bun too high on her head, or carrying her books in a bag which is too small (no handbags are allowed).
On the right we have Dame Christine Braddock CBE headmistress (OK - she's a very senior cheese - she's a Principal) of Birmingham Metropolitan college. Birmingham Metropolitan College had a clear principle that no face coverings were to be worn. No balaclavas, no motorbike crash helmets, no ski masks, no niqabs or burkas. [The Iconoclast, 15 September] Read more
