What makes faith school

unique
• Faith schools are schools which have a specific
religious affiliation, often funded in part by that
religious organisation or faith. They are usually
connected to a local place of worship. Faith
schools are required to teach the national
curriculum in all subjects except religious
education.
• The main purpose of a faith school is to teach the
usual school subjects, but with a grounding in,
and a focus on, their faith ethos. This is often a
priority for religious parents, who wish for their
children to understand and love their religion and
see it in all things. They teach the national
curriculum, but often with a bias supporting their
religion and its views
How are they funded/
What do they teach?

• Most faith schools are funded by the state, as they are

not private schools. Some schools are required to pay
10% of capital costs, however this is not always the
case. Costs are sometimes required to be covered by the
religious authority, or by parental donations.
• Faith schools are required to teach the national
curriculum in all subjects except for religious
studies. All schools that are state maintained (paid for
by taxes) in the UK are required to teach certain
subjects, with RE being one of them, from the ages of
5-16. However, in the UK, parents are permitted to
withdraw their child from religious education (RE)
lessons if they choose to do so, and do not have to give
a reason for doing so. This rule also applies at faith
schools.
 Are faith schools inspected
by Ofsted?

• Faith schools fall under the

category of independent schools.
Ofsted will inspect non-association
independent schools, including
faith schools within this category.
All other faith schools will be
inspected by the Independent
Schools Inspectorate (ISI) instead.
They are both government run
organisations.
 What is the
admissions for faith
schools
• Admission criteria are different for each school. They may
give priority to children:
• who live close to the school
• who have a brother or sister at the school already
• from a particular religion (for faith schools)
• who pass an entrance exam (for selective schools, for
example grammar schools)
• who went to a particular primary school (a ‘feeder school’)
• who are eligible for the pupil premium or the service pupil
premium
• whose parent has worked at the school for 2 years or more
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