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Faith schools

2017-01-19T00:00:00

“It’s right to encourage faith communities to play their full part in building the capacity of our schools.” That’s the message from Prime Minister Theresa May who is ready to relax the laws on how faith schools select pupils. She wants to scrap the current rule which forces any oversubscribed faith school to limit the number of children it admits on grounds of them sharing the religion of the school. Some faith groups, including the Catholic Church, have been put off opening new schools for this reason. The Prime Minister’s comments have reignited the debate on faith schools and whether they work in today’s society. Here’s two conflicting thoughts:

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