Michaela has two grammar schools nearby - one for boys and one for girls. At 11, top set kids don’t get in. The ones who might have had a chance, sit the exam and don’t pass it. Then they attend Michaela: we are their consolation prize. But 5 years later, they get, on average, more than 2 grades higher on their GCSEs thanks to what they and their teachers do: work hard, no excuses, traditional values and teaching, warm/strict discipline, drive, ambition, and above all, the ability to ignore the haters. They get GCSE grades that compete with Eton that costs over 50k per year. They (and other lower ability Michaela kids) then do their A levels, do so well to compete with Winchester and other big boarding schools that cost a bomb. In a school building with no trees, no grass, no sports hall, no car park for the staff to park their cars! With the trains so loud next to us that the heads of year can barely be heard in the asphalt yard. Then their headteacher posts a ‘Hooray’ online with a few videos of them getting their results. Happy kids. How lovely. 🥰 But what do the haters do? ATTACK! Over and over. How dare I be happy our kids have done well! Apparently saying ‘hooray’ is ‘crowing’ and ‘over the top’ and I should shut the hell up. How dare I say anything: I should hang my head in shame apparently. Without irony, these same people post about Jason Arday and how the hate sent his way was unforgivable. But your hate for me has no bounds. I said ‘Hooray’. ONE WORD. ONE F’ing WORD. You people are the worst hypocrites imaginable. Inner city kids do incredibly well and you dare to criticise this as some kind of abomination. Do some inner soul searching. God knows, you need it. When our GCSE results come out on Thursday, I expect the hate to come again. That will be despite the comprehensive intake given to us by the council like any other school, kids starting below their chronological reading ages etc. The hate is always the worst in August: because that is when results come out. Nothing you all hate more than seeing inner city kids succeed. Videos with brown and black kids celebrating. You just can’t stand it. Depraved and disgusting. That’s what you are.