Theresa May to relax faith schools admissions rules

Sep 10, 2016 by

from BBC News:

The government is set to relax rules on how faith schools select pupils, to allow new Catholic schools to open in England, according to a No 10 source.

A source said the admissions cap, which limits oversubscribed new faith schools to only selecting half of their intake by reference to faith, had failed.

It comes as the education secretary said ministers will take a “pragmatic” look at new grammar schools.

Justine Greening insisted these plans would not be a return to “the past”.

Ms Greening said she wanted to offer parents choice but children would not be split into “winners and losers”.

She was answering an urgent question after a document proposing new grammar schools was photographed outside No 10.

In response to reports that the government is set to relax rules which prevent new Catholic schools opening in England, a No 10 source said the admissions cap had failed in two key tests:

“It has failed to make minority faith schools more diverse, because parents of other religions and none do not send their children to those schools.

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