State funding of faith schools means many families are left without suitable schools. The narrative that faith schools are justified on the grounds of choice should be confronted, says Alastair Lichten.
The latest figures from the National Secular Society’s choice delusion project, along with other research on discriminatory admissions, show how seriously faith schools are restricting choice across England. Hundreds of thousands of families a year face either being effectively locked into faith schools, because there are few or no alternatives, or locked out of their local schools by religious discrimination.
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