Faith schools

of course we should support faith schools.

why should those that seek a religious education be deprived of that option? we all pay the same taxes.

different sectors of society require different things from the education system.

A Jew/Muslim is required to study torah/quran far more vigerously than a couple of hours after dinner would permit, state supported faith schools are a means of providing millions of British citizens with this oppertunity.

It may not be to your liking, but we live in a free society which attempts to cater for all its citizens needs... rather than chruning out clone after clone.

Religion is a big issue faith schools should be allowed imo but people should still have freedom of choice , whats to stop all religions being taught in schools so that people can make there own minds up rather than having a faith pushed down there throat ?

While I agree in theory, it would never work in practise, in accepting one religion you deny the others.

I think faith schools should focus on their faith and state schools should teach all religions

it is all getting a bitt ott on the pc thinking but at the same time it shows that people are becoming more tolerent of other cultures and religions but you do wonder when a line will be drawn !

Faith and religion tends to be a question of family environment imo more than schools .

We all remeber how thrilling re lessons were but they didnt concentrate ion one faith or at least mine didnt !

You go to hospital to get better, you get on the train to travel somewhere... You go to school to learn... They weren't silly examples... they were retarded

British society caters for all its citizens regardless of class, if faith schools were privatised this would place the birthfright of many British citizens out of their reach and faith schools would become a foly of the affluent.

Can you give me one coherent reason as to why we shouldn't fund faith schools?

I don't know any faith schools that teach on the damnation of infadels... Ofsted would close them down within minutes.

How is the education system geared around religious schools? They operate like any other school - the only difference being religion is intwined with their curriculum.

Faith schools tend to operate in an area where there is a large population of their target demographic... What harm is there in catering for the communities needs?

Although a lot of the Gateshead Yeshiva's are privately funded I'm sure there is government funds available to them and why shouldn't there be? They pay the same taxes but they have different needs.

I take it your opposed to multiculturalism then? I find it quite depressing that you feel that communities can't coexist together unless they conform to one generic standard.

How can you say that islam is not part of a muslim community?!?!?!?

There are only 32 muslim and jewish faith schools in the UK, I don't understand why this is an issue.

The school serves the community they exist in, Gateshead Yeshiva isn't breeding seperatism or extremism - it offers average Jews a place to study Torah... I don't understand why you're opposed to this?

I'm sure you don't want to ban state funded art schools, they seep much more money from the economy and the education is wasted on the majority of their students (if we were viewing this in terms of growing the economy).

Religon shouldnt be preached in any school

All kids should be made to do R.E. and then they have the knowledge to make their own mind up

RE was the biggest waste of time since Year 8 German.

Half an hour every tuesday of the teacher getting ripped apart for the glaring faults in the bible, which we could have spent learning something useful like maths or history.

It was quite nice to have a carol service every Christmas though

Does anyone have any statistics comparing the attainment of faith schools against non-faith schools? If they're doing better/no worse and costing them same then let them be; if they're doing worse or costing more, ditch them or make them pay the excess

No reason a child should be at an educational disadvantage because of their parents beliefs, and I know ethnic minorities generally do worse that whites at GCSE/A level (although the proportion of ethnic minorities at law/medical school is much higher than you would expect as well).

They cost less as they have to generate money themselves... On the whole they tend to achieve better results (although the bulk of faith schools are church run primary schools - I don't know the statistics on these).

Jewish and Muslim schools tend to be head and shoulders above their state equivelant.

NO I DISAGREE,


if u dont like the schools we hav got go sumwhere else.


sod ure religion cost the tax payers a fuck load of cash


also whats that religion where u hav 2 pray a few times a day, they get 2 skive work 2 pray tahts a fcking joke when other people hav 2 graft

jimi about 5000 of the 6000 faith schools are christian.

32 are jewish and muslim....