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A faith school is a school in the United Kingdom that teaches a general curriculum but which has a particular religious character or formal links with a religious or faith-based organisation. The term is most commonly applied to state-funded faith schools, although many independent schools also have religious characteristics.
David Laws, Schools Minister at the time the 50% Rule was introduced, described the motivation behind it in a parliamentary debate. [4] He said: "Where the Government fund new Church or faith school provision, it is right that such new schools cater for local demand in the faith, but the needs of children in the broader local community must not be overlooked.
This is a list of open free schools in England which are formally designated as faith schools. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It should not include schools which have a faith ethos, but no formal designation as a faith school.
A significant minority of state-funded schools are faith schools, which are attached to religious groups, most often the Church of England or the Roman Catholic Church. All state-funded schools are regularly inspected by the Office for Standards in Education, often known simply as Ofsted. Ofsted publish reports on the quality of education ...
Oklahoma wants to create the country's first faith-based charter school. Critics say it would threaten public education and chip away at the separation of church and state.
A voluntary controlled school (VC school) is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust (usually a Christian denomination) has some formal influence in the running of the school. Such schools have less autonomy than voluntary aided schools, in which the foundation pays part of any building costs.
Pushing ahead with proposals to increase the number of religious schools would be a ‘retrograde step’ and ‘wrongheaded’, campaigners have warned. Government plans to lift faith-based ...
Many VA faith schools belong to diocesan maintenance schemes or other types of funding programme to help them to manage those costs. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] VA schools are not allowed to charge fees to students, although parents are usually encouraged to pay a voluntary contribution towards the schools' maintenance funds.