“Religious schools ’show bias for rich’” - The Observer
This just in from Wendy:
This article in today’s Observer is very timely. Note that a decision on the ABK/Trinity merger, which will be renamed Christ the King College, which is the precursor to the proposed faith high school, is to be made by Alan Wells this Thursday (6/3/08) under delegated powers. The link to the council decision notice is here (ref 13/08):
http://www.iwight.com/council/what_is_a_council/Delegated_Powers/latestde.asp
And the Observer article of 2/3/08 says -
Religious schools ’show bias for rich’:
“Damning new evidence that faith schools are siphoning off middle-class pupils can be revealed today, as research shows they are failing to take children from the poorest backgrounds nationwide.
Even when they are situated in deprived inner-city areas, religious schools have fewer poor children than local authority secondary schools.”
For the full article click here:
http://education.guardian.co.uk/faithschools/story/0,,2261448,00.html
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