To be put off that a NON-faith school's prospectus claims to want to 'lead children to a conception of a caring god'?

[solidgoldbrass]

I'm fine with the idea of DS learning about religions, I'm fine with him being tuaght to respect other people's right to believe in any old cock. I'm not fine with him being told that he has to believe it.
Are there any other free-from-religion parents out there who have pointed out to schools that the non-believing worldview a)exists and b) is deserving of respect too?

Kiddiz - I'm sorry, I didn't mean at all that your post offended me, it is the way assemblies are organised that annoys me - not that schools are at fault just this bizarre insistence by the government in having 'an act of collective worship' in state schools - and don't even get me started on compulsory RE at secondary school.

That is not a line I would expect to see in a non-faith school. Although am not at school-looking age yet so maybe am in for a shock. What bothers me most of all about the line:

A child should -
Experience, and be led to, an awareness of aspects of the natural world which excite awe and wonder, leading towards a conception of a caring God (their capital G).

Is that i would have said in an education environment, and an environment which encourages independent thought etc I would expect the following to be true:

A child should -
Experience, and be led to, an awareness of aspects of the natural world which excite awe and wonder, leading towards an interest in how the world works. (i.e. science)

Do you get my drift? The idea that when looking at the wonders of the natural world, weather, geography, the environment, outer space etc etc etc the conclusion they want the children to come to is that god is great is not what I would want from an educational establishment.

This would bother me too. It has recently dawned on me (dd is 2.5) that there are no secular primiary schools and I am horrified by the whole collective worship idea. As others have said, I don't want DD led in any particular direction when it comes to religion I would like her educated in how to make up her own mind.

I remember myself getting told off in primary school for refusing to pray even though it was a non faith school and when I said I didn't believe in God so did not think it was right to pray I was told that everyone was doing it so I had to too. It will very important to me to do my bext in finding a school that keeps religious activities to a minimum.

I would happily send my children to a religious school, but the phrase "conception of a caring god" would be enough to put me off this particular school.