Faith Schools Debate Continues

The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair has been warned by one of his former advisors not to allow faith schools to become discriminative in the way they select pupils.

A director of government relations at Downing Street, Baroness Morgan has said that she feels “uneasy” about some of the ways that admissions are handled to single-religion schools. In particular, Morgan has expressed her worry that tolerance of other communities might not be taught well or encouraged within these types of schools, report The Guardian newspaper.

The comments have come following a new publication this week by the Young Foundation think-tank, addressing the relationship between white and immigrant communities in East London. The publication warned that in certain areas where there are church schools, social segregation has resulted.