We haven't had a state vs private debate for a while! What did you think of the Fiona Millar programme on schools?

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As an RE teacher I get asked all the time by kids why we have to concentrate so much on Christianity rather than dividing our time up between the different religions. Apart from the law I see no reason but have to teach it this way. If allowed to there are far more interesting things that can be taught under RE than the Church etc eg African religions, new religions, feminism, philosophy, anthropology etc.

Not keen on your voucher system blu. I chose my son\s faith school because its good with SN (and my 2nd choice school was also a faith school chosen because it was good with SN). I suppose a voucher system would be good if you were choosing a faith school because of the religion aspect, but for us personally what they teach religion wise is totally irrelevent. A voucher system would have limited my ability to apply to those 2 schools and we would now be home educating.

We applied to 4 shools, 2 faith, 2 state. One state school was unsuoitable, we were rejected by the other and were offered places in the 2 faith schools. No religious discrimination going on, and the church funds whatever it funds of my son's education. I can't see the problem.

France separates education from religion but religion still thrives there, don't see a conflict.

Can't speak for all but my school (RC) had enormous class sizes because it took all the Catholics in the area. But you certainly were NOT allowed to discuss religion in an exploratory sense. You were taught about other religions but always from the viewpoint that they were wrong. I remember one boy being sent out of the Divinity class to see the head because he had dared to ask 'How do we know our God is the right one?'