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Catholic Church will take government to court over school admissions letters from priests

The Catholic church is set to take the government to court early this year over its decision to reject...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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20% of black pupils attend Catholic schools – does that mean there’s diversity?

Pupils in Catholic schools are the “most ethnically diverse in the country”, proving that a religious ethos is “not...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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More faith schools ‘unlikely’ to boost social mobility

A plan to boost the number of faith school places by changing prohibitive admissions rules on new schools is...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School admissions watchdog rejects ‘Catholic certificate’

The school admissions watchdog has ruled that a new certificate used to confirm a pupil is from a “practising...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ofsted ordered to amend report claiming gender segregation broke law

A school has lost its High Court challenge to overturn an Ofsted report placing it in “special measures”, although...

John Dickens
John Dickens