Ofsted closes Christian School

krish

Yep, probably most Muslim faith schools and Christian free schools

weaponx031277

God created Man in his own image. Well what does that say about God then?

Sooner we get Religion out of the schools the better. Spent alot of my time in a COE school getting persecuted because i said i was an atheist. I even got detention for not praying in assembly.

Am i right in thinking that its still the law that you have to have a daily Christian service at a school still to this day?

krish

Doubt it, even for CoE comps - didn't happen at my CoE secondary by the time I finished GCSEs in 88.

IronGiant

It's still the law, but schools can opt out in favour of multi-cultural worship and as krish noted many schools have sidelined it to the extent it cannot be spotted at all unless Ofsted are visiting.

krish

Dave, my Suffolk home town, Sudbury, was not particularly 'diverse' back then (very different now) - I was the only non-white kid at school for many years, and then the only one of subcontinent origin when I moved up to secondary, but by that time, around 13-16, Christian themed assemblies (  hymns) ceased altogether and it was totally non-religious, even with Ofsted visits (we were always told of these in advance, certainly the better behaved mature pupils)

EDIT ... now I come to think of it, it was a normal state comp (though now an Ormiston Academy), the earlier schools were CoE

IronGiant

Yeah, the Ofsted comment was somewhat tongue in cheek    

pragmatic

I think this has something behind the belief that religion is benign, traditional UK religious schools and institutions have been so marginalised that religion became an optional thing that wasn't especially forced on anyone.

Now we have Islamic schools segregating people, jewish schools not letting people in because they aren't 'true jews' and Christian creationist science lessons.  Its like at some point it seemed the battle was won and everyone took a breather, but the nutters have regrouped and they are crazier than ever.

lucasisking

An animal is at its fiercest when cornered.

weaponx031277

PC brigade. All you need to say is your a repressed minority and they think it gives them the right to do anything without criticism. Not often i say the French have got it right but in secular education they have.

Cliff

In the old days when the country was Christian a few prayers never did any harm. Creationism wasn't even invented then! All schools were basically Christian but taught science as serious facts. Adam and Eve was a separate subject in RE - and, to my mind taken with a pinch of salt. I don't remember any serious debates about one being right and one being wrong.

Anyway times have changed and we have Islamic Zealots and imported (American style) creationists nutters in our British schools.
Time to stop the whole thing and have schools as educational establishments only. NO religion.