Education Secretary Praises ‘Hugely Popular’ Christian And Other Faith Schools

Nov 24, 2016 by

by Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today:

England’s church schools are “hugely popular” and “significantly more likely than other schools to be rated by Ofsted as good or outstanding,” the education secretary Justine Greening MP has said.

She was speaking after the Government decided to relax selection rules for new pupils. The rules have been changed after it became clear that a cap on admissions to new faith schools, restricting them to taking only half their intake on the basis of faith, had failed.

In a letter to Sir Edward Leigh MP, Greening said she hoped the end to the 50 per cent cap on faith-based admissions “will give more organisations the opportunity to establish new faith schools”.

It will primarily benefit Catholic pupils who were at a disadvantage, because they cap meant the Catholic Church did not take part in the government’s new free schools programme.

Greening said: “I see Church and faith schools playing a strong role alongside other types of school, as part of a diverse system that gives parents greater choice and drives up standards.”

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