Since the majority of schools have remained public, school choice — which allows parents to choose
between schools in the state sector — appears to have contributed to the decline in achievement rather than privatisation.
He proposed that private schools (yes — different to grammar schools) should partner with state schools to offer resources to a
partner school in the state sector that are not at their disposal.
«Free schools are
new schools in the state sector they are an excellent innovation and two - thirds of the first free schools got good or excellent ratings from Ofsted.»
The Conservatives also promised during the election campaign to remove the cap on faith - based free schools, which stops them allocating more than 50 % of their places on grounds of religion - which would have brought them in line with other
faith schools in the state sector.
Father Nichols» suggestion was that we ought to «for the sake of making the best use of our resources, radically to reduce the number of
our schools in the state sector, so as to concentrate on
The British Humanist Association (BHA) has repeatedly expressed concern that changes to the rules about how new schools are set up will result in further expansion of the proportion of «faith»
schools in the state sector.
The announcement will add to the 252 free schools already open and a further 52 set to open this term, out of a total of about 22,000
schools in the state sector.
The Conservatives also promised during the election campaign to remove the cap on faith - based free schools, which stops them allocating more than 50 % of their places on grounds of religion — which would have brought them in line with other faith
schools in the state sector.