Educational Tolerance

The Chief Inspector of Schools has rightly pointed up the fact that in our drive to show tolerance to all forms of religion we have allowed the setting up of educational programmes which teach extreme intolerance of many aspects of our culture and way of life.

This Blog has from the very beginning been opposed to setting up so called Faith Schools. In is an absolute rule of a tolerant, open and inclusive democracy that education, especially if it is publicly funded, remains secular and teaches social attitudes and behaviors as well as responsibilities and obligations, which are based upon established best practice and especially the law of the land.

There is no place at all for funding faith schools of whatever denomination with public money and there is no excuse for schools of whatever financial provenance which teach intolerance and social practices which are divisive and unacceptable. Church is for faith, school is for education. The two are not, repeat not, the same. You can believe in what you like. But you must behave according to the law.