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12/02/2018

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Mouhssin Ismail on leaving law to become a headteacher.

Mouhssin Ismail explains why he left a lucrative career law to become a headteacher in one of Britain's poorest areas.

Discussion and debate on theNinety five per cent of the pupils at a sixth form in one of Britain's poorest areas are going onto the best universities in the country. Newham Collegiate's success is being put down to headteacher Mouhssin Ismail who gave up a lucrative legal career for education. He tells us how he turned round the school's fortunes. A new editor of Cosmopolitan Farah Storr talks about gender equality and why she got rid of naked men in the magazine. And a government consultation on sex education in primary schools is drawing to a close. Parents tell Nomia what they think needs to happen to improve teaching of sex and relationships. big issues affecting British Asians.

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