Ofsted downgrades Christian schools
By is national director for the Christian Schools’ Trust (CST) and vice president of the European Educators’ Christian Association. He teaches at The River School and is part of the leadership of City Church, Worcester
2017-01-20T00:00:00
Recently, Ofsted inspected ten independent Christian schools, nine of which were downgraded from their previous reports. All ten were linked to Christian Education Europe (CEE), an evangelical group which links 30 such schools and makes use of the Accelerated Christian Education system, developed in the USA but used here for many years. It offers an alternative to the national curriculum based on Christian principles. Ofsted’s previous assessment was clearly more positive but their recent visits led to critical reports and have brought such expressions of faith schools into question.