Survey finds most people oppose letting faith schools select all pupils by religion

May 31, 2017 by

by Eno Adeogun, Premier.

The majority of the general public want new faith schools to maintain their current selection cap which limits schools from not selecting more than half of their pupils on religious grounds.

The poll commissioned by the Accord Coalition found that four out of every five people asked opposed the Conservative plan to no longer require new over-subscribed faith schools to offer 50 per cent of their places to those of other religions or none.

The survey of more than 2,000 people which was carried out by Populus found that there is little support for the policy among those of faiths most likely to be affected.

Just 20 per cent of respondents said they agreed that new state-funded state schools should be allowed to select up to 100 per cent of their pupils on the basis of faith while 79 per cent of Anglicans opposed the new selection proposals.

However, two-thirds of Catholics opposed the plans that would allow religious schools in England to use faith-based criteria when selecting pupils for admission.

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