Church of England publishes watered-down guidelines on school admissions
New guidelines from the Church of England on school admissions contain no recommendations or commitments aimed to reduce religious discrimination in admissions of its state-maintained ‘faith’ schools, despite earlier suggestions that it would do so. The British Humanist Association (BHA) has said the omission of plans to reduce religious discrimination in the guidelines is ‘a blow to all those who are working to have a truly inclusive school system.’In April the Bishop of Oxford the Rt Revd John Pritchard, Chair of the Church of England Board of Education and of the National Society Council,
