The headteacher of a Church of Ireland primary school that in 2016 it was announced would merge with a local Catholic school and become the first joint faith school in Northern Ireland has publicly criticised the lack of cooperation between Northern Ireland’s main Churches.
The Good Shepherd Trust - a multi academy chain run by the Diocese of Guildford - has been accused of failing to uphold its Christian values in its treatment of a former head teacher of a school it runs.
A new Church of England report has promoted using its schools as one of the main tools to boost evangelism and church attendance amongst children, torpedoing claims that the Church is encouraging its state schools to be more inclusive of all children, irrespective of religion or belief.
Ofsted has provided further information in its latest annual report on the efforts many illegally unregistered schools take to avoid scrutiny.
Ofsted has been prevented from speaking with pupils at a Charedi Jewish primary school who are found to have a poor grasp of English and to be mainly taught religious studies in Yiddish.
