The BHA has responded today to a report by Ofsted into independent faith schools, which revealed that twelve independent religious schools ‘raised concerns about any requirement to teach details of other faiths’.
Andrew Copson, BHA director of education, said, ‘The standards according to which these schools were inspected constitute a very low threshold – and even so there is cause for concern in what the inspection has uncovered. We have significant concerns about how some independent schools can undermine understanding between people with different religious and non-religious beliefs.’
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For further comment or information, contact Andrew Copson on 020 7462 4992.
The British Humanist Association (BHA) is the national charity representing and supporting the non-religious and campaigning for an end to religious privilege and discrimination based on religion or belief.