Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party and former teacher Jonathan Gullis has welcomed the High Court ruling upholding the school’s prayer ban saying its headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh was ‘an absolute inspiration.’

Speaking on GB News, Jonathan Gullis said: “One thing I've made perfectly clear as someone who was a teacher before becoming an MP and I've actually been to Michaela two or three times, so I know Katharine [Birbalsingh] and I think she's an absolute inspiration.

“This school was outperforming some of the best private schools and grammar schools across the country, because she has a very clear regime as she laid out.

“It's not one rule for one and one rule for another, it's a clear and consistent line that all pupils have to abide by. In this case, all pupils of all faiths are held to the same standard as any other students.

“It is sad that it's had to go through the courts when it's abundantly clear that head teachers are best placed to understand how to educate their children.

“It is disgraceful that extremists in society are looking to hijack the agenda to threaten and to intimidate. But it's sadly something that we all see far too often.

“What I will say about Michaela is they face these intimidations and threats when they try to try to set up. Labour councils and Labour MPs were standing up saying this school was awful, that she was the worst head teacher in the country.

“And lo and behold, they're eating Humble Pie, finally, for them to face and thank God the courts ruled a victory for common sense.”

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