A new opinion polls has revealed a significant increase in parents attending church services, when they would not otherwise, so their child could go to a church school.
A new opinion polls has revealed a significant increase in parents attending church services, when they would not otherwise, so their child could go to a church school.
Several insightful new pieces of research on the impact of faith schools have been added to the Accord Coalition’s research databank – the most comprehensive source of information available on policy implications of the state funded faith school sector.
Accord has praised the leadership of St Luke's Church of England Primary School in Kingston, South West London, which has decided to adopt a non-religiously selective pupil admissions policy.
The High Court has upheld the vast majority of judgements made against The London Oratory by the Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA), demonstrating the bureaucracy, complexity and mistakes that arise from allowing schools to select children by faith.
This week many tens of thousands of children throughout England and Wales will have lost out on a preferred primary school place on account of the beliefs of their family, as those starting primary school this September are notified of the schools place that has been allocated for them.
