Ofsted savaged at High Court for saying Christian groups should keep out of the public square
from The Christian Institute:
Ofsted told the High Court yesterday that Christian organisations should not bring their beliefs into the professional sphere.
Sir James Eadie QC, a lawyer acting for the regulator, made the remarks in a case involving Christian fostering agency Cornerstone (North East), backed by The Christian Institute.
Cornerstone, which only places children with evangelical Christians, is challenging an unpublished report by the regulator that requires it to abandon its religious ethos.
Ignorance
Acting on behalf of Cornerstone, Aidan O’Neill QC told the Court that Ofsted misapplied equality law in issuing its report.
The top human rights lawyer savaged Ofsted over the catalogue of errors in its treatment of the small agency and for its ignorance regarding evangelical Christianity.
He argued that as a state body, Ofsted is required “to be neutral as regards the expression of religious belief”, adding: “In failing in that duty in relation to Cornerstone Ofsted has acted unlawfully”.
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