I live close to a preschool and primary school which are both rated as Outstanding. They are both CofE schools. DD will be 2 in August and has just been offered a place at the preschool two mornings a week. I was pretty happy about this but exDH has raised concerns about how much religion will be 'pushed' from an early age (neither of us are religious, and so far we have agreed on all decisions related to our DD). Does anyone have any experience of what sort of religious element there is in day to day schooling at a CofE school? Presumably they have to teach about all religions, not just CofE?
My gut feeling is that it won't be an issue, I'm a critical thinker and pretty open minded, and trust that as she grows up DD will have been given the tools by us to make decisions for herself as to what religion (if any) she wants to be. But I think DH might have a point, and I want to at least respect his right to raise concerns. Would love to hear some 'real life' experience.
(I don't want to ask the school outright, as I worry that it might count against us - the preschool and school are wildly oversubscribed, apparently people actually move to the area to try and get into the catchment etc).
Thanks for any insight you can provide!
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anunseemlylovefordustin · 25/05/2019 09:22
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