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Bishops fight to scrap cap on faith-based admissions to Catholic schools

August 10, 2023

Senior bishops have added their weight to a campaign to scrap a notorious cap on faith-based admissions to new Catholic schools. In 2010 the Coalition Government of ex-Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron introduced the cap to ensure that half of all pupils and students attending newly-built faith schools did not belong to that particular faith.

Preparation for life: Teaching English in the Catholic Way

June 01, 2021

American public education is often reduced to caricature, but in reality it is a great democratic experiment, and Catholic teachers – with an eye toward inclusion rather than proselytising – can be an essential element within the world of public schools.

Bishop Davies: the rights of Christian parents are being made subservient to ideology

May 14, 2018

The Bishop of Shrewsbury accused the government of betraying its manifesto promise on Catholic schools

Archbishop condemns government’s ‘broken promise’ on Catholic schools

May 11, 2018

The government will keep a policy that effectively prevents the Church from opening new free schools

Catholic schools are diverse and successful. How did Rowan Williams end up opposing them?

March 07, 2018

The former Archbishop of Canterbury is being used as a willing pawn in an ugly power play

Rowan Williams and Richard Dawkins oppose expansion of Catholic schools

March 06, 2018

They said changing admissions rules for new faith schools would be 'divisive'

Education Secretary: parents will be able to withdraw their children from sex education

February 20, 2018

He also confirmed his intention of abolishing the faith school admissions cap

Church school supporter is new Education Secretary

January 09, 2018

Damian Hinds is a Catholic who has previously called for the lifting of the admissions cap

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