Politicians are in denial over the problems caused by "faith schools" and religious influence in education, argues Terry Sanderson.
The National Secular Society has been saying it for years – "faith schools" are a bad idea. And despite the events of the past few months in Birmingham, the simple message still hasn't got through to the politicians who are responsible for the education system: religious schools are the problem, not the answer. The Church of England is about to launch another great tranche of schools that they'll run but the taxpayer will pay for.
Under the Gove regime, with its promotion of academies and free schools, which give religious proselytisers virtual carte blanche to promote all kinds of questionable religious ideologies, the situation has worsened.
With a host of religious proselytisers out there desperate to get access to those pesky children who obdurately will not attend their churches and mosques, the free schools and academies are – in their terms – a God-send.
Read more here: National Secular Society - Yes, “faith schools” really are the problem
After being taken to task on Twitter for expressing the view that faith schools were (a) State-subsidised brainwashing and (b) psychologically damaging for those forced to attend them because the State cannot, or will not, provide children with places in secular schools, I reckon this article needs a wider audience
