Nicholas
03-10-2006, 07:29 PM
New Church of England schools should offer at least a quarter of places to pupils from outside the Christian faith, the government has been told.
The chairman of the Church's board of education, the Rt Rev Kenneth Stevenson, makes the pledge in a letter to Education Secretary Alan Johnson.
The Catholic church also said it would be more open about the proportion of non-faith groups within its schools.
Bishop Stevenson said other faith schools should not be made to do this.
In his letter Bishop Stevenson says:"They are themselves a sign of inclusion and their very existence promotes community cohesion, which would be further enhanced by the development of robust and effective educational links between schools of a different character."
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/5400276.stm
The chairman of the Church's board of education, the Rt Rev Kenneth Stevenson, makes the pledge in a letter to Education Secretary Alan Johnson.
The Catholic church also said it would be more open about the proportion of non-faith groups within its schools.
Bishop Stevenson said other faith schools should not be made to do this.
In his letter Bishop Stevenson says:"They are themselves a sign of inclusion and their very existence promotes community cohesion, which would be further enhanced by the development of robust and effective educational links between schools of a different character."
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/5400276.stm