Tags: Admissions
Campaigners sign major letter against fully selective faith schools
Campaigners have urged the government not to fund new faith schools which can choose all their children on a religious basis. Read More »
Faith schools under-represent disadvantaged children, report says
Faith schools under-represent the rates of social disadvantage in their catchment areas across Britain, a study has found. Read More »
Derbyshire parents forced to send children to Catholic school
Parents are being forced to send their children to a Catholic school that belittles non-Catholic families in its official policy. Read More »
Adjudicator: faith schools may insist families are strictly religious
England's schools adjudicator has said it is "reasonable" for two state-funded Orthodox Jewish schools to expect the families of applicants to observe strict religious practices. Read More »
Children refused school places due to discriminatory policies, complaints reveal
A girl of Muslim background and a girl with autism were among those refused places at state-funded faith schools in September because of discriminatory policies, complaints to an ombudsman have revealed. Read More »
Report: Parents attending church services to improve school choice
More than three in 10 parents know someone who attended religious services to get their children into a specific faith school, according to the educational equality charity the Sutton Trust. Read More »
‘Church schools’ less likely to admit black or poor pupils
Black and disadvantaged pupils are significantly less likely to gain places at 'church schools' than their white or better-off counterparts, a study has found. Read More »